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turned then went [[red underline]] Southward thru Biscayne Bay following [[/red underline]] as closely as possible the Western shore with enfolds a panorama of beautiful residence district, finally culminating in that magnificent ^[[black underlined]] Viscaya [[/black underlined]] [[red underline]] Deering Place, [[/red underline]] ^[[black underlined]] Viscaya [[/black underlined]] where he has built the villa near the water front with a basin for [[strikethrough]] small yachts [[/strikethrough]] yachts elaborated in white cement walls under the shape of an [[strikethrough]] old [[/strikethrough]] ancient ship the whole provided with statuary so that it reminds me of some parts of the Chicago Exposition of 1893. Striped poles in double rows guide the course along a newly dredged channel into deep water. The spoil banks of the dredging have thus made two artificial elongated Islands on
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which he has planed a set of tall crooked coconut palms all this adding to the whole landscape architecture 
[[strikethrough]] Afterwards [[/strikethrough]] We steered to Key Biscayne. The [[strikethrough]] Islo [[/strikethrough]] Island [[strikethrough]] he [[/strikethrough]] is mainly overgrown with Mangrove brush, there are two coves with some newly dredged channels, the dredging has been used to build a road on which coconut palms have been planted.
[[red underline]] Celine [[/red underline]] and I went bathing, then walked around in our bathing suit for about two hours. Lovely coconut palm grove near inlet of one of the canals. Numerous [[red underline]] mosquitoes [[/red underline]] in some places.
Afterwards went out to sea past [[red underline]] Cape Florida. [[/red underline]] Then evening tried to cast anchor near [[strikethrough]] Norris [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Bearcut]] cut [[red underline]] but got stranded on a bank. [[/red underline]] Water is very clear can see the gears  

Transcription Notes:
Mr. Deering's villa was called "Vizcaya."