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[[underlined]] delighted with the sailing expedition. [[/underlined]]
March 18. Pleasant day. We went out early to the Island [[strikethrough]] be [[/strikethrough]] all around, wading and bathing. got some [[underlined]] coconuts [[/underlined]] for Celine from the only Coco palm on the Island. Last evening and this morning early there was a charming bird concert, [[strikethrough]] in which [[/strikethrough]] of birds of many songs and feathers; but in which we could distinguish the song of our [[underlined]] Northern Thrush. [[/underlined]] they all [[underlined]] congregate [[/underlined]] in the few [[underlined]] Mangrove bushes [[/underlined]] on the Southern Part of the Island As the remainder of the Island is dry and [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] has no trees, this may explain why it is known as [[underlined]] having no mosquitoes. [[/underlined]] I imagine that the ^[[numerous]] [[underlined]] birds [[/underlined]] in the mangroves [[underlined]] devour every morning [[/underlined]] and every night [[underlined]] any mosquitoes [[/underlined]]
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which try to settle on the Island We found [[[strikethrough]] 4 enor [[/strikethrough]] 3 enormous heaps of beautiful big [[underlined]] sheepwool sponges [[/underlined]] left there by some sponger in storage. under some brush. [[underlined]] Shows people here trust another. [[/underlined]] [[strikethrough]] Celine [[/strikethrough]] We spent a delightful morning on the Island and after bathing and luncheon returned Northward under power [[underlined]] Celine discovered [[/underlined]] some [[underlined]] grassy water weed [[/underlined]] on the Island from which [[underlined]] after boiling [[/underlined]] in [[underlined]] seawater [[/underlined]] and then [[underlined]] dressing with oil [[/underlined]] and [[underlined]] vinegar she prepared an excellent salad. [[/underlined]] [[strikethrough]] Returned under [[/strikethrough]] At [[underlined]] Long Key [[/underlined]] found letters and telegrams. [[underlined]] Germans [[/underlined]] are [[underlined]] impudent enough [[/underlined]] after [[strikethrough]] com [[/strikethrough]] intruding upon us to ask by wire whether I can [[underlined]] see them immediately either [[/underlined]] in [[underlined]] New York or elsewhere

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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'