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Wind fell entirely but it is getting quite [[red underline]] cold (60˚F) in [[/red underline]] cabin at 6:10 P.M. Marvelously clear sky and extraordinarily bright full moon
Total run 28 nautical miles
Jan 5. Calm but cold night bright morning. Sun warming up. Went out with Evinrude to [[red underline]] explore shore [[/red underline]] for about [[red underline]] 3 miles Southward [[/red underline]] towards but not as far as [[red underline]] Card Point. [[/red underline]] Mangrove trees and enough [[strikethrough]] water [[/strikethrough]] depth of water until about 200 yards or even 150 yards from shore. Bottom is hard. About noon lifted anchor and proceeded Southward thru [[red underline]] Card Sound [[/red underline]] cut into little Card Sound [[red underline]] Barnes Sound. [[/red underline]] Stopped at [[red underline]] Jewfish [[/red underline]] to send letter to [[red underline]] Celine [[/red underline]] and a telegram

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then proceeded as far as [[red underline]] Tarpon Basin [[/red underline]] where anchored near middle. Northern Breeze blowing steadily. No fish by trawling everything seems to hide from the [[red underline]] cold. [[/red underline]] Temperature in my cabin is 70˚F.
[[left margin in red vertically]] Cygnet [[/left margin]]
Jan 6. Weather milder but cloudy and calmer.  Left [[red underline]] Tarpon Basin [[/red underline]] at 8:35AM Easterly winds following sea See log. Dropped anchor at 10:05 A.M in [[red underline]] Bottles Bay. Remembrance of last years stranding. [[/red underline]] Kept well away from the reef. I went ashore nobody in Burns place. At Post office [[red underline]] Postmaster Albury [[/red underline]] and his young brother Paul and his mother welcomed me. [[red underline]] Rodney [[/red underline]] was away in his field and [[red underline]] Sawyer and Cleveland Williams [[/red underline]] have a place near Jewfish. Bought a few supplies mailed a letter to Celine and waited for Key West train then went back to Cygnet. Then