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around Island on roads built from import duty taxes on liquor Vegetation and geology very similar to that of Southern Florida Preponderance of Tropical Almond but [[red underline]] saw no Banyan [[/red underline]] and few fruit plantations. Almost no mangoes. Visited Old French Fort where I was in 1922 [[red and black underline]] when Dolly [[/black underline]] lived there. [[/red underline]] Sold his place to Anthony Brady who recently died. Beautiful old Cuba Visited also the former place of the ^[[first]] [[red underline]] Governor The Earl of Duncombe The only difference [[/red underline]] between South East Florida is that the [[red underline]] land here shows higher ridges near shore. [[/red underline]] Some of them seem [[red underline]] 50-75 ft [[/red underline]] high 
[[underline]] May 29. [[/underline]] George and I and Andrew went to swim at [[red underline]] Paradise Beach. [[/red underline]] - We were all alone except the colored caretaker. Collected some shells. Excellent water 
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well sheltered. Then made another visit to [[red underline]] Dolly [[/red underline]] with George. 
[[underline]] May 30 [[/underline]] This morning at 7 AM on listening at the Radio of the hotel which gave a broadcast from Miami was [[red underline]] astounded [[/red underline]] to hear the [[red underline]] Decoration Day exercises [[/red underline]] celebrated in [[red underline]] Tokio, [[/red underline]] with speech by [[strikethrough]] no [[strikethrough]] U-S [[red underline]] Ambassador Forbes [[/red underline]] there followed by [[red underline]] Japanese speeches [[/red underline]] Japanese music etc. [[strikethrough]] May 28 [[strikethrough]] This is the day I am returning home. Day starts with very low barometer and strong rain. [[red underline]] George [[/red underline]] escorted me to the boat at 9 AM. He is to [[red underline]] take the "Munargo" [[/red underline]] to New York on June 1. - After waiting awhile and after sky cleared we left at noon and running between shore and line of reefs we anchored at [[red underline]] West Bay at 2 PM [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] Ther [[/strikethrough]] Wrote up my notes.