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50 [[underline]] Feb.15. Spongers gone. [[/underline]] Went trawling in [[underline]] pram with Petersen [[/underline]][[strikethrough]] Found Got some [[/strikethrough]] He climbed one of the stray [[underline]] Coconut palms on Bahia Honda [[/underline]] key to get some [[underline]] nuts [[/underline]]. Delightful weather calm. At 1:15 P.M. left under power and arrived 5 P.M. at [[underline]] Long Key where found bunch of all accumulated letters. [[/underline]] Very cold weather and blizzards at home. [[end page]] [[underline]] Feb. 16. [[/underline]] Proceeded under power northward at 9:15 A.M. and dropt anchor near Sand key at 6:30 P.M. Feb. 17. [[underline]] Easterly [[/underline]] gale blowing but well protected. Waited till about noon then proceeded under jib & mizzen with wind abeam, making good time. Dropt anchor [[underline]] Coconut [[/underline]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 51 [[underline]] Grove at 1:45 P.M. [[/underline]] Started new [[underline]] raisin brew [[/underline]] this time taking 5 lbs. raisins, 2 lbs. gran. sugar 2 lb. 8 oz. beet sugar syrup & 18 pints water. Henry [[underline]] Howard and the "Alice" gone for Key West and Cuba. [[/underline]] Stack of letters and telegrams "San Sui" and "Swanee" and "Evangeline", "Melody" and "Sunset" and Herreshoffs pleasure all at old anchorage. Also [[underline]] "Wauban". [[/underline]] Sent telegrams to [[underline]] George. [[/underline]] [[underline]] Feb 18 [[/underline]] Anchor Coconut Grove Received copy cable of [[underline]] Germans that they are on their way with an "interesting proposition". [[/underline]] Wired George I shall not disturb my vacation for them specially as they come [[underline]] without making an appointment [[/underline]] Told George to listen to them and find out