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[[red underline]] U.S. Grant hotel [[/red underline]]  excellent 
Very pleasant room, [[strikethrough]] cheaper [[/strikethrough]] $6.00 with bath, cheaper than in San Francisco or Denver. Meals too are less expensive.
Jan 11. Cold weather all along the coast, but it does not freeze, altho sun feels pleasant. Air is very dry and sharp. Most people have overcoat, altho I get along without overcoat but wearing winter underwear. Sky is bright and sunny. Took long walk along water front. [[red underline]] Water seems cold, nobody swimming. [[/red underline]] Am told water along whole coast is cold and even here in summer time does not exceed 60°F  Many destroyers in port some of them huddled and tied together. Splendidly [[red underline]] sheltered bay [[/red underline]] with good anchorage and good bottom everywhere
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but no yachts and few boats outside men-o-war, and a few steamers. Many sailors of U.S. Navy everywhere and naval officers. A few fishing boats, motor driven and their owners arranging [[strikethrough]] long [[/strikethrough]] their lines with baited hooks on the empty sidewalks of a substantial well build quay, ample and well provided to take care of any kind of shipping. [[red underline]] No sailboats in sight. [[/red underline]] On the wharf has tied up that nomadic [[red underline]] Drake [[/red underline]] in his self built [[strikethrough]] lutle [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] little sloop "Sir Francis" [[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] rather flimsily built. [[/red underline]] Is about 35-40 feet long and very poorly rigged  
Has whale boat stern similar to the bow. Bobstay is a 1/4 wire rope [[strikethrough]] por [[/strikethrough]] badly spliced to an ordinary eye screw on the stern and generally unfit for