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front of the camps opposite Snug Rock.
July 4. [[underlined in red]] Much animation [[/underlined in red]] in the camps an enormous numbers of [[underlined in red]] motor boats [[/underlined in red]] and [[underlined in red]] canoes [[/underlined in red]] from New York Beautiful weather but very hot and no wind Afternoon [[underlined in red]] Townsend [[/underlined in red]] and his son [[underlined in red]] came aboard [[underlined in red]] Blake [[/underlined in red]] has become quite a young man and his voice and general manners have changed very much since I last saw him in [[underlined in red]] 1916. [[/underlined in red]] Very Pleasant [[underlined in red]] boy quite and steady We all slept on deck Lovely night not too [[/underlined in red]] hot and not too cool [[underlined in red]] What a different Fourth [[/underlined in red]]
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[[underlined in red]] of July with that of last year when our boys were at war and things looked [[/underlined in red]] very serious.
July 5. Was up at 5. A.M. Awakened others at 5:15. Left at 6 A.M. Magnificent weather very calm. The camps and [[underlined in red]] campers [[/underlined in red]] along the foot of [[underlined in red]] Palisades [[/underlined in red]] [[strikethrough]] are [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined in red]] seemed more picturesque [[/underlined in red]] than ever. Many of them are already up some of them swimming. 
In New York low fog making navigation difficult. Later on fog lifted Trouble with check valve of bilge pump in engine room. Hot water [[underlined in red]] comin [[/strikethrough]] spouting out. Had to anchor for an hour in [[underlined in red]] Raritan Bay [[/underlined in red]] to mend matters Arrived [[underlined in red]] Perth Amboy [[/underlined in red]]