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comfortable and lovely but [[red underline]] that list worries me [[/red underline]] and it looks like a difficult proposition to get the Cygnet afloat if we do not get higher water. Sent [[red underline]] Albert to Post Office [[/red underline]] with a letter for Celine also to purchase some [[red underline]] planks or posts [[/red underline]] for bracing the Cygnet on a more or less even keel. He came back and said we can get some planks [[red underline]] not for sale but we can use [[/red underline]] them and return them afterwards But everybody so busy picking and shipping [[red underline]] limes, oranges and grapefruit [[/red underline]] and they are short handed this is their busy season.
Sat up till about 9 P.M on the gunwale. Wind abating. Starry 
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[[strikethrough]] sp [[/strikethrough]] sky but [[red underline]] cold [[/red underline]] weather. Temperature 55◦F. Then went to sleep [[strikethrough]] one [[/strikethrough]] wedged in between wall and sofa [[red underline]] Slept as much on wall as on sofa. List of boat has very much increased. [[/red underline]] Difficult to walk and [[red underline]] not slide off. [[/red underline]] 
Jan 7. Weather sunny. Wind slight. [[strikethrough]] Swift [[/strikethrough] North Easterly threatening rain. [[red underline]] List of [[/red underline]] boat [[strikethrough]] seems [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] worse than yesterday. [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] Plan [[/strikethrough]] Sent [[red underline]] Albert [[/red underline]] out to find some planks among flotsam & jetsam. He discovered two splendid [[red underline]] beams about 16 feet [[/red underline]] long one is 8" x 4" [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] and perfect. the other is less good. We towed them with [[red underline]] Evinrude [[/red underline]] and planted them nearby with a small anchor. Then