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we entered Jewfish creek and there again saw [[red underline]] 4 or five sharks [[/red underline]] There seem to be plenty of fish here in these creeks. In the creek leading to  [[strikethrough]] Clark [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Card]] Sound we saw the remains of a [[red underline]] beheaded shark [[/red underline]] hung on a rope on a mangrove tree. Albert who was trawling with a bare hook caught at 3 lb fish measuring about 16" long which made him very joyous.
Later on we stopped near a place called [[red underline]] Pumpkin Reef [[/red underline]] a coral formation where we went to swim and observe animal and vegetable life near by. Excellent swimming about 50 yards from shore. This swim refreshing
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Later on an excellent fish dinner. Towards evening managed to find channel between [[red underline]] Adams key [[/red underline]] (Coco- Lobo Club) and other keys and went out thru curved inlet [[red underline]] into Ocean. [[/red underline]] Driving to avoid repetition of Mosquito Night before we went to anchor into the Bay far from shore, and covered door and hatches of cabins with mosquito netting 
A restful night but for the rolling of the boat. 
April 5. Slept until 7.A.M. then went out thru [[red underline]] Cesar's Creek [[/red underline]] guided by private stakes towards land of channel a moments inattention led me into a coral reef in middle of channel near the red nun buoy tried [[red underline]] kedging [[/red underline]] in rain