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[[red underline]] vacation [[/red underline]]
March 31. (Sunday) Easter. News from the Western front is not worse. [[red underline]] Allies are holding out. [[/red underline]]
We went all [[red underline]] bathing [[/red underline]] near [[red underline]] Cape Florida. [[/red underline]] Delightful view. Some rain squalls and strong Southern wind 
Towards evening [[ red underline]] got stranded [[/red underline]] just close by [[red underline]] Deering's Vizcaya Palace. [[/red underline]] Tried to kedge off from stern but did not succeed. Took matters philosophically waiting for high tide and had excellent supper. then all of a sudden boat got afloat  
Many [[red underline]] mosquitoes +. [[/red underline]] I do not envy Deering his palace in such a mosquito - neighborhood. Waited for moon to rise; then steered out into the Bay where dropped anchor for the night
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but we have carried some [[red underline]] mosquitoes [[/red underline]] along and they keep biting all night.
April 1, 1918. Very warm and no wind, but we went to Cafe Florida to [[red underline]] take a swim. [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] Water [[/strikethrough]] Depth of water easily ascertainable on account of immobility of surface. Saw a [[red underline]] large shark [[/red underline]] on starboard side about 10 feet away, in about 6 feet of water. After refreshing swim, came back at Club anchorage. [[red underline]] Celine [[/red underline]] and [[red underline]] Nina [[/red underline]] went ashore while I laid out navigation course on the charts for Key West. 
April 2. Day mostly spent on land. Secured for Celine a change in her berths for a sleeping compartment. At noon took lunch at a [[strikethrough]] Resta [[/strikethrough]] nice little restaurant in town [[red underline]] Nina [[/red underline]]