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March 6. No interesting passengers. Reading "Four horsemen of the Apocalypse"
March 7. Train arrives on time at 9:15.AM. at [[red underline]] Miami. [[/red underline]] Rather warm. Drove to [[red underline]] Pilkington's [[/red underline]] Yacht Yard Albert busy with engine [[strikethrough]] took [[/strikethrough]] Hired motor car for shopping. [[strikethrough]] Find out [[/strikethrough]] Want boat on [[ways?]] to examine rudder. High tide is to night at 2A.M. so phoned to [[red underline]] Royal Palm Hotel [[/red underline]] for room. Room without bath or anything. [[strikethrough]] Change [[/strikethrough]] [[Two large red exclamation points in left margin]] Charge [[red underline]] nine Dollars [[/red underline]] a day American plan. I sooner prefer the [[red underline]] Cygnet [[/red underline]]
March 8. Drove over [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]] in morning [[red underline]] Rudder post is cracked [[/red underline]] Drove to town with Pilkington to have it repaired At 5.P.M when I arrive
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boat is still on the [[ways?]] and when we try to get her off the tide is already too low So [[strikethrough]] slept [[/strikethrough]] stayed aboard. one night. Poor sleep. [[red underline]] mosquitoes [[/red underline]] then watching for tide. At 10 P.M tried to get her off, but it took till 2AM before we could float off then tied to dock. Feel very tired.
March 9. (Sunday). Spent morning tuning up engine but it stopped a few hundred yards down the Miami River So had to anchor. [[red underline]] Albert [[/red underline]] busy at it all day without [[red underline]] success At 5 P.M. interrupted to take a bite and [[strikethrough]] anchored there [[/strikethrough]] remained anchored there over night Same old disappointments At night same worry about mostquitoes