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[[underlined]] April 29. [[/underlined]]  This morning drove alone to Miami Beach, then further northerly to Dania and then back.  Left at 10 AM and was back at 2 P.M. All these places have considerably developed and new buildings and roads everywhere. All the noisy life of the winter visitors has ceased and the admirable beach and surrounding look the better for it
[[underlined]] April [[overwritten]] 27 [[/overwritten]] 30. [[/underlined]] 
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Wrote letters to Sir D'Arcy Thompson, who congratulated me for Messel Medal
Also to Prof. Kuhnemann and Dr. Allen of Franklin Institute telling him have to decline his kind invitation for coming anniversary of Franklin Institute.
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Dr. Fairchild [[strikethrough]] brought [[/strikethrough]] ^[[sent]] back my address: Science & Industry, which I prepared for Ottawa. He tells me it is excellent.
Telegraphed to Miss Bidwell that I intend to go off on a cruise in the Ion, starting Tuesday until end of week. George in mean time wrote to me he is to take a few days vacation in Washington and Baltimore 
[[underlined]] Sunday, May 1. [[/underlined]] Started packing my outfit for the cruise.  Evening went to visit the Fairchilds. Mr & Mrs. [[blank space]], son of the famous sculptor there. He is engaged in artistic pottery baking.
[[underlined]] May 2. [[/underlined]]  Further packing for the cruise. Same dry but pleasant weather. Grass and plants are drying up
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but no mosquitos nor other insects. Paper reports that during these last 7 months the rainfall has been decidedly less than one inch.
Put 400$ in Coconut Grove Bank & drew $200 in cash for trip contingencies
[[underlined]] March 3. [[/underlined]] Left harbor 9:25 A.M. with Andrew aboard and Rowe (colored). Fine weather steady run and anchored near Grassy Key about sunset.  Beautiful weather and no insects caught several fish trawling
[[strikethrough]] [[underlined]] May [[/underlined]] [[/strikethrough]] March 4/ Left Grassy Key 7:14 A.M. Barometer steady; light easterly winds, few spongers. Put up jib-sail and mizzen. Perfect weather with wind on starboard aft. Arrived at Anchorage of Baya Honda. One large sponger boat was at anchor in the narrow channel; later on a houseboat anchored; so decided to leave for No-Name Key anchorage before the dusk. Two motor boat cruisers there. Went to the store for supplies and ice.
Got some of the Sapodillas, Dr. Fairchild asked me to collect and of which the trees had been planted by a Russian settler, now dead, many years ago. Got [[strikethrough]] beer, and [[/strikethrough]] canned beer and bread. The place seems very dead except for the store and the frame cabins rented out to visitors. - Had poor sleep because my legs and chest & arms are much sunburned.