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158 Stopped from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. at [[red underline]] New Smyrna [[\red underline]] a quiet little place a few shops and two or three hotels. People seem mainly bent on [[red underline]] fishing [[\red underline]] here. Later on thru [[red underline]] Hillsborough River [[\red underline]] then in [[red underline]] Mosquito Lagoon [[\red underline]] thru crooked and sometimes difficult channels on account of great shallows near. Mosquito Lagoon itself is a big sheet of water. Dropped anchor towards night [[red underline]] but saw not a single mosquito. [[\red underline]] Nov.22 A quiet night. Stars and moon unusually bright. Next morning about 8.00 P.M. on our way following navigation ports towards [[end page]] [[start page]] 159 [[red underline]] Haulover canal. Ducks [[\red underline]] and other [[red underline]] birds [[\red underline]] everywhere in large quantity. Hauler Canal at first somewhat perplexing then easy to follow. A straight cut thru high bank. Palmetto and other woods. Seems [[red underline]] cheerful place for camping or fishing. Fishermen live there. [[\red underline]] Their nets are hung to dry on racks everywhere. Waters must be very abundant in fish. Fish jumping out of water everywhere. [[red underline]] Albert [[\red underline]] since some days [[red underline]] has caught the fishing fever and catches one fish after another [[\red underline]] as soon as he throws out his hooks. Sometimes uses some bait over again for several fishes. Now we enter the [[red underline]] Indian [[\red underline]]