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Friday May 8, 1874
Morning foggy with light rain squalls at intervals, wind light or more.  Go ashore and fix position of the astronomical [[symbol - triangle]] with theod. & stabia.  Call on Philippson, Father Nikolai, & Whitford.  Send Bailey out dredging with the boat.  Bring aboard canoe & spend some time cataloguing & arranging curios.  Then pitch into dredgings which occupy my whole time till 9 P.M.
Saturday May 9
Morning foggy, calm, heavy swell rolling in from the sea.  Move the vessel to a more sheltered place. [[/strikethrough]]Go ashore + fix[[/strikethrough]] Spend the A.M. picking over dredgings.  P.M. Mrs. Brooks, Cushing + Rodney come aboard with their husbands and stay for an hour or so.  Finish dredgings and after supper go ashore for a while.  Rains at intervals all day.
Sunday May 10
Morning write letters. Father Nikolai comes aboard.  After lunch go ashore & leave letters, then take a walk in the woods near the Indian River, getting a number of plants.  Put them in press.  P.M. with Maj. Cushing
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Baker subs. [[subtraction 20.30-13.55=6.75]]
May 9, letters
Mother
Baird
Shearns
Miss Noyes
Washing 6.50
Wood 3.50
Curios 0.90

Day dull and cloudy wind light westerly.  Go over the old castle barracks &c.  Get mail aboard in P.M.