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back over the banks and entered a broad bay situated just North. There is about 24" of water everywhere. A picturesque negro hut with a few Coconut palms. Then went further in a side creek which brought us back into the main [[red underline]] Angel fish creek. [[\red underline]] We also found in first right hand arm of Angel fish creek some kind of unfinished or dilapidated dock, and following a trail thru the jungle found old iron bars, rusty bearings and smashed rusty parts of old machinery and [[red underline]] plenty of mosquitoes. [[\red underline]]  Then advancing further some Papaya trees, and then finally an orange 

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and grapefruit plantation which probably is part of the negro outfit fronting the [[strikethrough]] broa [[/strikethrough]] Bay.
After lunch not having caught any fish, we [[strikethrough]] let [[/strikethrough]] lifted our anchor and went to Steamboat Creek, following as near as possible the Eastern Shore of Card Sound. Besides the fishermens dock which we saw yesterday I found about 2 miles south of Pumpkin Key a picturesque house and garden. The jungle had been cleared and some coconut palm trees and flower trees planted and the house was the only painted house I had seen here around. Our trolling in Steamboat Creek was