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[[red underline]] I try to teach him how to drink milk with a little brandy in it so as to get some food in his stomach that will stay in. [[/red underline]] It begins to rain and rubber boots, oilskins and [[strikethrough]] Southwesters [[/strikethrough]]
So-westers are needed. Our course keeps us near enough the coast that we can discern land; later on we steer further out. Rain and wind increasing. White caps everywhere. [[red underline]] If we only can make the Slue at Cape Fear before night [[/red underline]] 
as it will be difficult if not impossible to find out the buoys at night. We [[red underline]] steer entirely by the compass. [[strikethrough]] Soon [[/strikethrough]] We lose entirely sight of land. Towards noon horizon becomes more hazy. We are straining ourselves to locate [[red underline]] 
Cape Fear Light [[/red underline]] which we ought to ap-
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proach by this time.- Yes it is there - faintly visible - like a big chimney in the haze, rather indistinct. [[red underline]] This gives us our corrected course. [[/red underline]] SW. by W. Haze increases, we lose sight of it again. Wind increases all the time.
Lighthouse appears again. Now [[red underline]] for the buoys of the Slue. If we do not make them we run on the shoals with their breakers [[/red underline]] which justify the name of [[red underline]] Cape Fear. [[/red underline]] -- Ha - there is a buoy! - It looks like a buoy altho' it is still very faint. Yes it is a buoy. Coming nearer we see it is our [[overwritten]] black [[/overwritten]] [[strikethrough]] nun [[/strikethrough]] ^[[can]] Buoy.- [[red underline]] Steer for it; - there is the next buoy a red nun buoy.- and the next. [[/red underline]] 
The worst is over. Channel of [[strikethrough]] sl [[/strikethrough]] ^[[The Slue]] Slue is rather crooked, but easy to follow by means of the buoys. [[red underline]] Breakers [[/red underline]] right and [[red underline]] left [[/red underline]] of our course show us