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[[Lake George written in red in upper left margin]]
river and reported [[red underlined]] our boat could go in with some caution close to Ticonderoga village. [[/red underlined]] and a man would cart our rowboat to foot of [[red underlined]] Lake George for two dollars. [[/red underlined]] Funny sight undoubdetly for the street boys who saw [[red underlined]] Hendrick [[/red underlined]] and myself sit in our boat in that cart. [[red underlined]] Hendrick [[/red underlined]] sat on a life-preserver. Slid the boat in the water and off we went on our exploration, dodging rocks and shoals. Magnificent clear water - [[red underlined]] all so quiet and pretty. [[/red underlined]] Wooded mountains in natural state. What a pity that Ticonderoga creek is so dirty [[strikethrough]] as [[/strikethrough]] many dead fish. - saw 5 dead bass and numerous small fish floating
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dead, this undoubdetly to discharge of pulp mills near dam Water whitish and cloudy there but water [[red underlined]] in Lake is magnificent [[/red underlined]]
At about 5 P.M. found [[strikethrough]] near landing[[/strikethrough]] [[red underlined]] Rogers Rock Hotel [[/red underlined]] prettily situated. Felt [[red underlined]] somewhat out of place amongst all these prim surroundings. [[/red underlined]] I had scarcely signed my name that I was recognized by a friend of [[red underlined]] George and Nina [[/red underlined]] who introduced me to other guests and to proprietor, Mr. Williams, who is a wealthy retired publisher and owns this hotel as a hobby of his, so as to have company. I remember him 26 years ago as [[red underlined]] president of the Camera Club [[/red underlined]] in New York.
Aug 31. Beautiful clear day so we went out with the  

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Instructions say to use the word 'underlined' in brackets when words are underlined in text. Seems appropriate because indicates past tense.