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158 [[in red]] Algeciras [[/in red]] Room service poor. Sanitary outfit good enough for Spain Also a bath room. Dining room service good April 4. clear and bright and sunny. Still wearing my winter underwear not withstanding palms & Southern Spain. Went walking thru town. Sent cable to Celine 10 words. = "Going Saturday Casablanca. Wire Hotel Reina Christina Algeciras." which cost me 20 pesetas [[strikethrough]] Then Ch [[/strikethrough]] Drew $50.00 on my letter of Credit at Banco Espagnol de Credito = 1$ = 6.15 Pesetas = 307.50 Pes. Went all around little port [[strikethrough]] which is rather expos [[/strikethrough]] Small boats are double enders" about 40 feet long. with small stub mast raking much forward. provided with shrouds and backstay and stern projects [[end page]] [[start page]] 159 [[in red]] Boats [[/in red]] [[drawing of stern of boat]] vertically upwards so as to tie the yard of lateen sail when yard is lowered and sail is furled Yard is about 1 1/2 times length of boat and is made of two sticks lashed together with lashings. [[left margin]] lateen sails [[/left margin]] These lashings are made of a doubled rope so as to allow easier tyeing the end being knotted and leaving two loose ends [[drawing of the lashing]] which can easily [[strikethrough]] been [[/strikethrough]] be knotted over the yard. Yard made of 2 sticks which can easily be lashed and unlashed so as to [[drawing of yard]] extend them and thus reduce the length, or stretch the sail [[strikethrough]] Sail tied on bu [[/strikethrough]] Yard lifted by means of a throat halyard with fall and block. Sail is bend on yard by means of stops with