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[[Note: 'Cygnet Canada' written in red pencil vertically in left margin]]
[[strikethrough]] took an excellent service [[/strikethrough]] took lunch at his camp everything very simple but comfortable. [[underlined in red]] Old army tent, [[/underlined in red]] then open tent. hearth made of [[superpored?]] stones allows good cooking Has improvised on baking oven by means of stones and clay and covered with sod. There he burns wood, then pulls out the wood and on [[underlined in red]] two iron pipes which act as rails [[strikethrough]] shaves h [[/strikethrough]] shoves his [[/underlined in red]] irons in oven and out. Three high school girls of Plattsburg cooked the dinner. After the meal I went back to the Cygnet took a delicious swim. The weather is nice and warm and sunny. You [[underlined in red]] can see every stone every fish in this clear water [[/underlined in red]] About 3 P.M. lifted anchor
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and landed the [[underlined in red]] professor and his party near Lake Champlain Hotel. [[/underlined in red]] The latter has been entirely rebuilt of steel and cement. Excellent landing dock there and excellent swimming and boating facilities but probably more noisy than Westport Inn. [[underlined in red]] Crab Island [[/underlined in red]] is now again Government property. [[underlined in red]] Mr Hudson [[/underlined in red]] tells me [[underlined in red]] there are no good harbors on it. [[/underlined in red]] After leaving our guests went past Schuylers Island and anchored about 5 P.M at [[strikethrough]] Fort [[/strikethrough]] Port Douglas near an old dock. Evening spent in [[underlined in red]] constructing switchboard [[/underlined in red]].
Sept 19 (Sunday) Cool but clear morning no wind in our shelter but as soon as outside a strong southerly breeze increasing in strength as we advanced. We lifted anchor at about 7. AM. and proceeded usual course as far as [[underlined in red]] Split Rock [[/underlined in red]]