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70 [[Cygnet to Canada written vertically in red in left margin]] mer cruise with [[underlined in red]] "Wavelet" [[/underlined in red]] ^[[Naphta motor cruiser]] [[strikethough]] in [[/strikethrough]] 15 years ago. Much new construction going on. Concrete embankments etc. Nice summer weather. Just [[strikethrough]] below [[/strikethrough]] above [[underlined in red]] Hudson City [[/underlined in red]] passed [[strikethrough]] Poue [[/strikethrough]] Powerboat Squadron of about a dozen motor yachts all following the leader. At Troy let [[underlined in red]] Dr. Bowman [[/underlined in red]] off and locked in old Erie Lock which is temporarily used for [[underlined in red]] Champlain canal [[/underlined in red]] for motor yachts while the other part of canal is still under construction. Dozens of hangers-on claiming to be [[underlined in red]] "pilots" [[/underlined in red]] but having more the appearance of tramps or escaped convicts offer their services for helping to pass the locks. Took two [[underlined in red]] who looked least drunk [[/underlined in red]] and disrespectable and passed the first locks. then passed Waterford lock dismissed our helpers who wanted five Dollars (!) each [[end page]] [[start page]] 71 [[underlined in red]] and got them. [[/underlined in red]] Tied up alongside Canal near some sloping meadow. Fear of mosquitoes made us avoid using our lights. Simple supper in dark. cheese and crackers, then to bed. [[underlined in black]] Sept. 6. [[/underlined in black]] [[Cynet to Canada written in red ink in left margin]] Up about 6 A.M. [[underlined in red]] Albert [[underlined in red]] very eager to catch a fish. Says [[underlined in red]] never fished in his life. [[/underlined in red]] At 6:25 passed Flint's Lock, my escaped convict of yesterday waiting there for me. I hate the very sight of him. 7:45 [[underlined in red]] Mechanicsville [[/underlined in red]]. Then after [[underlined in red]] Stillwater [[/underlined in red]]a stretch of about 18 miles without locking. At 10:35 [[underlined in red]] Schylerville [[/underlined in red]]; all seems familiar to me altho' 15 years ago I was there. At 11:00 reached [[underlined in red]] Northumberland [[/underlined in red]] We reach here the portion of the new improvement on [[underlined in red]] Upper Hudson. Splendid! [[/underlined in red]] No longer these narrow crooked canals but a beautiful river well buoyed. Then another lock at