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[[insertion from left page]] 33d day [[/insertion from left page]]
Tuesday Dec. 25 Christmas day opens with no wind to speak of - we got some milk and and begin to pole [[insertion]] 8 am [[/insertion]] - The children had their stockings hung and when dressed in their white clothes they came out in great excitement to see what Santa Claus had left. They said "where are the other presents that he had" but on the whole they were very well satisfied and enjoyed passing to the crew candy cigarettes &c to the crew who passed the usual thanks
[[insertion from left page]] 12 oclk calm collision [[/insertion from left page]]
With calm and puffs of wind we kept in motion most of the day. We had an exciting time colliding with a
native boat which tried to cross our bow The native shouts required wind enough to have filled our sails if properly directed.
We reached the R.R. bridge at Nagh Hamandi early in the night