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Philadelphia but ships can go to sea quicker. Note some vacant land beyond which is probably what [[strikethrough]] would [[/strikethrough]] has been proposed for our laboratory site. -- [[underlined in red]] Elizabeth River is a winding river [[/underlined in red]] well buoyed. Then pass entrance [[underlined in red]] Dismal Swamp [[/underlined in red]] Southern pines and under growth everywhere. Sandy soil. This is the [[underlined in red]] Dismal Swamp Region. [[/underlined in red]] I see nothing very dismal about it except that it is uninhabited.
Notice long [[underlined in red]] tows of logs [[/underlined]] also sawmills. At first and only lock found a cheerful clerk who wanted me to sign description of  Cygnet [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]] home port and destination. The canal at port is a long straight line with rather straight sandy
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banks. On both sides a dense forest with big trees and under brush. Reminds me much of some tropical forests.  Must be a great place for game or for camping -- perhaps mosquitoes are too much of a nuisance in summer. I notice once in awhile whole stretches where trees seems to have died (flooded swamps?) I am sorry I cannot stop here a day. Place is so thickly wooded and covered with undergrowth that anyone without compas or knowledge of the region would risk to lose his way. If the stretches of dead trees ever catch fire there will be a hot fire. [[underlined in red]] Rhodondendrons [[/underlined in red]] with big leaves or are they [[underlined in red]] magnolias? [[/underlined]] Also some long climbing vines which adds to appearance of tropical forest. Later on a straight cut canal thru a promontory.  [[underlined in red]] [[Coanjock?]] a settlement of fishermen [[/underlined in red]] living

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Coinjock, North Carolina, is 20 miles south of the Virginia border on the Intranational Waterway.