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Feb. 1. 1923. Exchange to day is 78 frcs to the Pound: and about [[red underline]] 17 francs to the Dollar [[/red underline]] Occupation of the Ruhr by the French seems to have something to do with all this as matters are not going as smoothly as French expected. -
Bought tickets on S. S. [[red underline]] Caledonia [[/red underline]] of P&O. Nav. Co. [[strikethrough]] $ [[/strikethrough]] 30 [[pound symbol]]. Bought some socks, a stopwatch, and some other articles so as to get rid of my french money.
Wired to [[red underline]] Celine [[/red underline]] to send mail & cables to Shepherd Hotel Cairo until further notice My [[red underline]] sore throat & cold [[/red underline]] in the head which has been bothering me for the past 3 weeks seems somewhat better
Went to little Yacht Club on La Joliette.
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all yachts are mostly small crafts (canota) with lateen sail and about 20-25' long double enders. [[strikethrough]] Same a [[/strikethrough]] Mediterranean type. A few have motors. Some are for and aft sloop rigged. Two are of the newer type - pole mast jib headed sloop. (So called Bermuda type but mast is straight not raking) Bowsprits are light straight spars, covered [[underline]] horizontally [[/underline]] in an iron gammon. [[?]] English fashion, instead of raking upwards.
Excellent shelter, in this bar in easily accesable one boat tied after another on a rope running perpendicularly from stone wharves with narrow gang plank - float between no waves - no tide - no heavy