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with a spoon like curved paddle from the stern, as soon as they get out of the basin they hoist a square sail on a little mast., the sail has no boom below and is [[strikethrough]] handle [[/strikethrough]] held by a single stick similarly to a lateen sail, so that by handling one rope sail can immediately be hoisted or lowered.  See some larger boats about 35 - 40 or more feet long provided with [[red underline]] lateen sails [[/red underline]].  some fishermen bring in [[strikethrough]] mus [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] salt water mussels. [[/red underline]] Shell instead of being blueish black as ours are [[red underline]] brownish. [[/red underline]]
Thursday. April 1.  Went with [[red underline]] Rosenstrauch and Col. Brooks [[/red underline]] for lunch
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at Jockey Club.  Here as in other clubs [[red underline]] I note members pay cash instead of having their account charged. [[/red underline]]  Most of [[red underline]] waiters seem british [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] ^[[or]] speak English Tried to present my letter of introduction of [[red underline]] John Bassett Moore [[/red underline]] to Lobos but the latter is in Europe. Then met [[red underline]] Mr. Phillipi [[/red underline]], commercial attache to the U.S. embassy [[red underline]] a very pleasant and well informed man [[/red underline]] Took supper with him at his boarding house, in company of 3 other americans all relatively young men. one Dr. [[red underline]] Franklin Pyles [[/red underline]] M.D. (Pa. Un.) [[red underline]] Largo Caricoco [[/red underline]] 9 Rio.; Perrin C. [[red underline]] Cothran [[/red underline]] Brazilian manager of the Insurance Company of North America [[(Dhilards)?]]