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his work at the end of each day & finding no special good acquired or accomplished used to write down in his diary [[underlined]] "Perdidi diem" [[/underlined]] - I have lost a day.  Alas, for twelve days I have had to repent this in [[underlined]] my [[/underlined]] journal.

It is true that several times a day I record the temperature of the Air & Sea - the state of the Barometer and make observations whenever the weather will admit but nevertheless, to be honest I have not neglected to put down daily in a John Hancock hand [[strikethrough]] style [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] "Perdidi diem" [[/underlined]]