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[[red underline]] moans of Johnson who is ill. [[/red underline]] Violent [[red underline]] vomiting, [[/red underline]] complains of violent headache, seems entirely helpless. Fixed up a cot for him on deck and watched him till about midnight. He [[red underline]] seems quite ill - [[/red underline]] is very restless and [[red underline]] keeps on moaning [[/red underline]] once in awhile.
I hope it is simply an acute attack of indigestion. If not we shall have to alter our plans. I slept very little and awaited anxiously daybreak to know in what condition he will be
Oct 26. [[strikethrough]] Up at [[/strikethrough]] At [[red underline]] 5:30 AM. Johnson begins to stirr. [[/red underline]] Weather is good, tide high. J. complains of [[red underline]] feeling faint. [[/red underline]] told him that if he feels strong enough to undertake the Ocean run I shall steer most of the day. This will give him a chance to rest while I am at the wheel.- We run through
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the inlet which is now at its best - high tide. On both sides of narrow channel there are threatening [[red underline]] breakers, [[/red underline]] - [[strikethrough]] we [[/strikethrough]] watch them carefully so as to select our passage, further up [[strikethrough]] mo [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] second line of breakers, [[/red underline]] then [[strikethrough]] steering [[/strikethrough]] finally we are in open water.
Bleak coast with white sand dunes, [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] with pine growth on them and a line of breakers fading away in the distance.
Now we are in the Ocean the weather is comparatively smooth [[strikethrough]] waves are [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] Cygnet [[/red underline]] bears well on these swells no longer the choppy waves of Pamlico Sound.
Then by and by [[red underline]] weather gets worse, wind increasing, [[/red underline]] sky becomes cloudy, [[red underline]] barometer begins to drop [[/red underline]] slowly and it looks as if we were in for bad weather. [[red underline]] J. is more gloomy than ever [[/red underline]]