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look lumpy and irregular but they are excellent. Never [[red underline]] tasted oysters better [[/red underline]] to me. Go bed early.
Nov 14. Up at daybreak. Hot cup of coffee then ahead.  Albert steering while I am reading directions from the pilot book and the chart. Today is quite cold. Northern blowing. Winding course has to be picked out stretch by stretch. Everything went excellently. 
Arrived at [[red underline]] Brunswick [[/red underline]] at about 3 P.M. Quiet little town, one big street.
[[vertical notation in left margin]] Passed old Fort [[red underline]] Oglethorpe [[/red underline]] on a bend in the river. Massive square block of stones. [[/marginal notation]]
I notice [[strikethrough]] hectic [[/strikethrough]] great activity in big [[red underline]] wooden ship building. [[/red underline]]
Got permit from Commander [[red underline]] Seymour [[/red underline]] (Naval Reserve) for navigation to [[red underline]] Fernandina. [[/red underline]]
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Wharves [[red underline]] cotton and [[roisin?]], [[/red underline]] the latter for [[red underline]] soap and shrapnel. [[/red underline]] Some newspapers of the last two days aboard now.
I am already [[red underline]] thoroughly used to this free and [[/red underline]] easy going life. [[red underline]] No collars or good clothes to bother us. Kaki overalls, cotton sneakers and a sweater! [[/red underline]] and a snug but comfortable little cabin all to myself. Undisturbed anchorage, quiet night.
Nov 15. Left about 8.15 A.M..
Succession of [[red underline]] winding rivers [[/red underline]] and Sounds. Now and then the opening to the Atlantic to our left. [[red underline]] Jekyl Island with good landing [[/red underline]] and number of club buildings. Later on [[red underline]] Cumberland Island [[/red underline]], a large wooded tract of