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Yard so as to store everything away while Celine went ashore to engage [[strikethrough]] tickets [[/strikethrough]] railroad accommodation. A negro in a boat to whom I gave an old oilskin coat tells me the [[strikethrough]] [[?]]ee [[/strikethrough]] river at this point has many [[underlined in red]] alligators, small and big every size also what he calls [[margin]] manatees [[/margin]] seacows. [[/underlined in red]] I can hardly imagine in this [[underlined in red]] lovely calm place, sunny and comfortable that it is so [[/underlined in red]] cold North and that soon all this will [[strikethrough]] be [[/strikethrough]] merely [[underlined in red]] appear as a dream of the past. [[/underlined in red]] Enjoyed [[underlined in red]] every hour till the last moment [[/underlined in red]] when we delivered our boat to Capt [[underlined in red]] Pilkington. [[/underlined in red]] He says he shot a 14 feet [[underlined in red]] alligator [[/underlined in red]] just beyond his yard and a [[strikethrough]] 4 [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined in red]] 6 foot seacow manatee. [[/underlined in red]] Took motor car to the station. We are waiting for our train. Everything again looks common place. [[underlined in red]] Sorry these delightful days are over but for the lovely remembrance of them [[/underlined in red]]
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