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seem to show. But I know that it does not amount to much and we shall soon be sheltered in the lie of the different islands
[[red underline]] So Celine [[/red underline]] was persuaded to stay. East out of jetty requires some caution (see Pilot Guide Atlantic Coast. B.) Jetties are in rickety condition and channel is narrow and slanting. Strong breeze in Peconic bay but nothing to worry about and pleasant navigation in good deep water and clear sky arrived at cove of [[red underline]] Shelter Island [[/red underline]] before Yacht Club at about 6:30 P.M. Celine was glad she had stayed aboard after all. Pleasant quiet night.
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[[black underline]] Sept. 15. [[/black underline]] Left early all together for the port town [[red underline]] Orient [[/red underline]] a small picturesque place cultivating mainly potatoes and summer boarders. [[strikethrough]] Bought [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] Celine bought seven sacks [[/red underline]] of potatoes at $3.00 a sack and 33 cents for the bag. Loaded them on deck aft and went to [[red underline]] Greenport [[/red underline]] to get gasoline oil and water at wharf.
Took in 140 gals. gasoline and 10 gals. lubricating oil. Cost of gasoline [[red underline]] 33 cents a gallon. [[/red underline]] Then conducted [[red underline]] Celine [[/red underline]] to station [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] bought some live lobsters and clams and I [[strikethrough]] Lew [[/strikethrough]] proceeded with Lewis thru [[red underline]] Plum Gut [[/red underline]] along the coast and at 7 P.M. ran into [[red underline]] Mattituck Inlet, [[/red underline]] at low tide rushing out, following chart, channel is crooked at first and there is a scow sunk at first bend which at a distance seems obstructed but is not. [[strikethrough]] Aft [[/strikethrough]] Beyond