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expert ^[[native]] swimmers who ride the advancing waves in the surf standing erect on a wooden plank.  Others using a small canoe provided with an outrigger hooked to the canoe and by the rapid and skillful handling of a [[strikethrough]] palm leaf shape [[/strikethrough]] broad shaped paddle [[image - a spoon shaped paddle coming to a blunt point]] riding on the ^[[foamy]] crest of the advancing waves. [[strikethrough]] which [[/strikethrough]]Took supper at the Moano hotel then to the Young Hotel Roof garden where I met [[red underline]] Murphy, Whitakers assistant [[/red underline]] who was in company of a group of australians ready to leave with australian steamer.  Back on board
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of steamer about 11 P.M.
Sept 11.  Steamer left at 9. A.M cool and breezy. Music band playing Aloha Hawai.  Flower and garlands as usually. Pleasant temperature and strong wind.  Several new passengers aboard and all staterooms filled to limit.  I am glad to have secured stateroom for myself.  Everybody reading set of late newspapers.
Sept 12.  Cool breezy weather.  Very pleasant.  Spent most of day reading bunches of late newspapers, which by and by give a better idea of all the important events of the last few weeks.  
To night there was a costume ball on deck.. But [[strikethrough]] except for about twenty [[/strikethrough]] there were only about twenty passengers who put on fancy costumes.
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