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[[preprinted]]SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1865.[[/preprinted]] Again [[stricken]]Met[[/stricken]] had conference with Mr Leederly as to the experiments concluded to go on Monday to New Haven to see how the light house at that place would answer for experiments Also called again to see Mr Bache. Started for Long Branch to spend Sunday with my friend Harry Alexander Mr Rhees paid salaries today [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]]SUNDAY, JULY 2, 1865.[[/preprinted]] At Long Branch change of air delightful - church in the morning rested in the afternoon Engaged Mr Alexanders second son to make observations on the temperature of the water and air. Encroachment of the ocean on the bank 40 feet in 7 years Mr Leederly suggests wing walls at right angles to the line of the coast [[end page]]