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84 "Battery" near de sea wall is a very fashionable quarter with a pretty park near the water edge. Many pleasant residences there with tropical plants in front garden. He points out "Villa Margherita" a very stylish boarding house which Baedeker recommends instead of the Hotels The new part of the town, made up of frame cottages has no character of its own. We [[strikethrough]] left at abo [[/strikethrough]] continued our voyage at about 2:25 P.M. Cloudy skies. entered winding rivers following [[underlined in red]] Pilot Guide Book [[/underlined]] I notice 3 new railroad bridges and there seems considerable R.R. construction going on in the region. Country here is more cheerful, less swampy and more wooded than yesterdays. There seem [[end page]] [[start page]] 85 to be more farms here, some of them with a landing of piles in the river. Country reminds somewhat of Richelieu River except that it is not so well settled and [[strikethrough]] farms are [[/strikethrough]] scant farm buildings are mostly of very poor character. After about we finally arrived at the wharf of a place called Young's Village. Johnson tells me the inhabitants call it [[underlined in red]] Youngsville [[/underlined]] altho' it consist of three or [[underlinedin red]] four small wooden houses [[/underlined]] and a small grocery store. Oct 31. Left at 6:00 A.M. weather is bright and pleasant. Country very similar as that of yesterday afternoon. [[underlined in red]] Johnson in one of his fits of churlishness makes me lose my patience. with the result that I shall [[strikethrough]] ged [[/strikethrough]] get rid of him at Savannah. [[/underlined]] He is the most disagreeable and most [[underlined in red]] churlish person I ever
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