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[[red underline]] York [[/red underline]] and the [[red underline]] tall buildings. [[/red underline]] As to the latter he was very much concerned that they would not stand a [[red underline]] hurricane [[/red underline]] This matter of hurricanes also [[red underline]] worries [[/red underline]] him. He is very anxious to purchase a [[red underline]] barometer [[/red underline]] because then he will be able to foretell a hurricane. He goes in lurid [[strikethrough]] descrip [[/strikethrough]] description of [[red underline]] hurricanes [[/red underline]] and how the tidal waves sweep away everything before them, and approach like a mountain of water. At a distance they look like a [[strikethrough]] small [[/strikethrough]] distant key. A rather funny remark he made is [[red underline]] that if he were in Key-West when a hurricane was approaching he would not dare to stay on
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[[red underline]] land but would jump in his little boat and seek shelter in a nearby creek so as to avoid being hit [[/red underline]] by wrecking buildings.
He is intensely interested in everything about the north and large cities and wants much to find a wife. [[red underline]] His name is Clayton Edward Wilshcombe [[/red underline]] and he insists very much on his [[red underline]] Irish blood [[/red underline]] his grandfather was an Irish minister and his father was a "rich" american" as he calls it. As 10:30 P.M. went to bed wind blowing all night.
March 16 (Sunday) Same Eastern gale blowing but weather is sunny. [[strikethrough]] In opening [[/strikethrough]] Opened belly of the [[red underline]] shark [[/red underline]] and found four [[red underline]] pretty young sharks [[/red underline]] about 24" long and very pretty grayish white