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[[strikethrough]] 160 [[/strikethrough]] 170 loss and wrote letters to Celine and him confirming my telephone conversation. [[underlined]] May 18. [[/underlined]] Our departure on [[red underlined]] Bahaman Cruise. [[/red underlined]] For further notes see [[strikethrough]] my [[/strikethrough]] Log Book of ION describing the cruise. Started early. Contrary winds while crossing [[red underlined]] Gulf Stream. [[/red underlined]] Bright weather, caught some fish trolling. Entered [[red underlined]] Bimini [[/red underlined]] Harbor [[red and black underlined]] 2 P.M. [[/red and black underlined]] Squalid place, ugly faces, blacks, mulattoes & whites. Floating warehouses on scows [[red underlined]] where ^[[English and German]] beer and distilled [[/red underlined]] liquors are sold. [[red underlined]] Beer [[/red underlined]] is sold in [[red underlined]] Burlap bags [[/red underlined]] containing [[strikethrough]] abo [[/strikethrough]] one dozen bottles decidedly less than 1 pint each. English distilled liquors are decidedly cheaper in proportion. The cheapest of all is [[red underlined]] Jamaican Rhum [[/red underlined]] imported in barrels and bottles in Full Imperial quarts [[end page]] [[start page]] [[strikethrough]] 161 [[/strikethrough]] 171 and which retails for 1$ per quart bottle. - [[strikethrough]] [[underlines]] May 19 [[/underlined]] [[/strikethrough]] Showed my papers to Commissioner [[red underlined]] Duncombe [[/red underlined]] who gave me transive i.e. a [[red underlined]] free pass to all the Bahamas [[/red underlined]]. [[underlined]] May 19 [[/underlined]] Ran to [[red underlined]] Gun Cay [[/red underlined]] thence over "white water" to Red Bay on the [[red underlined]] coast of Andros.[[/red underlined]] Strong head winds, streneous day. (See log book) [[underlined]] May 20. [[/underlined]] From Red Bay explored Westerly Coast See Log Book [[underlined]] May 21. [[/underlined]] Further explorations of coast. See Log Book. [[underlined]] May 22. [[/underlined]] Rounded [[red underlined]] Joulters keys [[/red underlined]] then past [[red underlined]] Nichols Town [[/red underlined]] anchor at [[red underlined]] Conch Bay [[/red underlined]] where there is a small settlement of negro-spongers. See Log Book. May 23. Arrived [[red underlined]] Nassau at noon. See Log Book. Nassau [[/red underlined]] has enormously been built up since 1922 all this due to Volstead! [[underlined]] May 24 [[/underlined]] (Sunday) aboard all day at anchor. George