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of [[underlined]] Palm Leaves. [[/underlined]] A large open air [[underlined]] dancing platform [[/underlined]] Also [[underlined]] Venetian Gondolas imported with Venetian Gondoliers [[/underlined]] who also sing their [[underlined]] Italian Songs [[/underlined]] Met [[underlined]] Dr. Darrad [[/underlined]] [[strikethrough]] an [[/strikethrough]] Dean of Medical Facility of Columbia and his wife. They are guests of [[/underlined]] W.J Matheson. [[/underlined]] When driving back to Coconut Grove met Mr & Mrs [[underlined]] Spicer-Simpson.
Feb 24 [[/underlined]] Bright & sunny. [[underlined]] Celine painting. [[/underlined]] After swimming we went in [[underlined]] sail pram [[/underlined]] to long [[underlined]] Tahiti Beach. [[/underlined]] Excellent breeze.
[[underline]]Feb 25.[[\underline]]  Left for [[underlined]] Bahia Honda. [[/underlined]] Strong Southerly Breeze had to use motor.
Dropt anchor [[underlined]] Bootle's [[/underlined]] Bay and we went to visit [[underlined]] Tavernier Post. office. [[/underlined]] Pursued by mosquitoes as usually. Managed to shake them off when we returned
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aboard at sunset. Hasty dip in calm water, before supper on deck. Marvelous bright moon calm night, everything restful not a sound. [[insertion]] Both [[/insertion]] [[underlined]] Remained on deck [[/underlined]] long after crew had returned
[[underlined]] Feb 26. [[/underlined]] Pleasantly warm morning. Left early [[strikethrough]] stop [[/strikethrough]] Caught 2 [[underlined]] large mackerell [[/underlined]] trawling while on our way (near Bridge). Dropt anchor [[underlined]] Long Key [[/underlined]] to show the place to [[underlined]] Celine. [[/underlined]] Sent telegrams home and to Commodore Murnane.  About 2:45 P.M. again on our way. Southern Breeze increasing in strength. Dropt anchor at 6:30 PM in little harbor between largest and second largest [[underlined]] Key Bahia Honda, [[/underlined]] sheltered by short arched viaduct, the 2 Islands and the two shoals on entrance. Nobody else there. Later on wind shifts to North and Northern Gale

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I use past tense 'underlined' with a 'd' because that is my understanding from the instructions. It seems a waste of time to edit just to remove the 'd' in 'underlined'. If I review and the transcriber just uses 'underline' I do not add the 'd'