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69/ over the sharp coral - rock Caught a good sized mackerell
and ditto grouper also several fair sized grunts. enough to give us enough for all three
Arrived Soldier Key 11:20 AM. left 4:05 P.M. and the ION was tied on my dock at 5:45 P.M. A very enjoyable day. Engine and everything working perfectly.
[[underlined]] May 5. [[/underlined]] Took a restful day
[[underlined]] May 6. Sunday. [[/underlined]] Answering letters etc.
[[underlined]] May 7. Wrote a letter to [[underlined in red]] Wieth [[/underlined in red]] expressing my dissatisfaction on account of gross laxity committed at Bloomfield in filling orders
[[left margin vertical in red]] Sand Key [[/left margin vertical in red]]
[[underlined]] May 8. [[/underlined]] Went out on [[underlined in red]] ION [[/underlined in red]] to [[underlined in red]] Sand Key [[/underlined in red]] with Andrew and William. Left at about 8:45 AM. Light Southerly breeze. Took us about [[underlined in red]] 2 hours [[/underlined in red]] to get to [[strikethrough]] anchora [[/strikethrough]] drop anchor in flat northerly of channel leading to cut between Sands Key & Elliot Key. where dropped anchor in about 4 feet (low tide). Warm bright day. Left William in charge of the ION while Andrew and I went with little pram & outboard Motor exploring side channels. [[underlined in red]] Plenty [[/underlined in red]] of [[underlined in red]] Barracudas [[/underlined in red]] Angel [[underlined in red]] fish, sharks [[/underlined in red]] and [[underlined in red]] stingrays. [[/underlined in red]] Picked up a large [[underlined in red]] Conch shell [[/underlined in red]] of which afterwards made excellent
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70/ stew at home. - Walked along [[strikethrough]] beach & be sh [[/strikethrough]] beach of the Island facing the Ocean. [[underlined in red]] All alone [[/underlined in red]] except a house boat in the distance anchored in Hawk channel. Vegetation in excellent condition and well [[underlined in red]] recovered [[/underlined in red]] from [[underlined in red]] 1926 hurricane [[/underlined in red]]
[[left margin vertical in red]] Dr. Jeffrey [[/left margin vertical in red]]
[[underlined]] May 9 [[/underlined]] - May 10. Went to University hospital with [[underlined in red]] Dr. Jeffrey [[/underlined in red]] to [[underlined in red]] have xray of my heart, [[/underlined in red]] and various blood tests. This took better part of afternoon
[[underlined]] May 11. [[/underlined]] Went out in [[strikethrough]] slo [[/strikethrough]] small sloop with Andrew to visit the shore line as far as the Miami River On returning we struck a squall but boat behaved very well. Left at 9 AM and was back at 12:20 P.M.
[[underlined]] May 12. May 13 [[/underlined]] Sunday, Stormy
[[left margin vertical in red]] George B agrees [[/left margin vertical in red]]
weather all day strong Easterly 19 - 20 Miles, strong rainfall all afternoon until 8 P.M. Dr. & Mrs. [[underlined in red]] Fairchild [[/underlined in red]] came to visit at 6 P.M.
[[underlined]] May 14. [[/underlined]] Letter from [[underlined in red]] George expressing [[/underlined in red]] his approval as to policy for [[underlined in red]] maintaining liquid assets to meet percent uncertain conditions. [[/underlined in red]]
[[underlined]] May 15. [[/underlined]] Since several days we had showers in afternoon. [[underlined in red]] Mangos [[/underlined in red]] have been ripening much earlier [[/underlined in red]]
[[left margin vertical red and underlined]] Snake. [[/left margin vertical red and underlined]]
than usually. But are not so large as usually.
Dumped two loads of wet rock stone on drive way near church
[[strikethrough]] May 16 Ce [[/strikethrough]] Andrew caught a 4 ft. [[underlined in red]] Corn snake [[/underlined in red]] [[strikethrough]] and I showed [[/strikethrough]] non poisonous and I showed him how to strip and prepare the skin