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6.21000ER
1956
JOURNAL
APRIS (CONT)
POINT ISABEL, CAMERON CASTA CO, FLORIDA,
BURIED LIKE THIS FIRST TIME BUT
HIGHER & NEAR ROAD DID NOT
FILL UP BUT WAS STILL EMPTY
HAD HOPES TO CATCH STRAWS
IN THEM - THEY WERE BOTH
BURIED IN RUNWAYS. ONLY
MUS. SPEER TRAPS WERE STILL
BAITED WITH WALNUTS FROM
LAST WEEK & I DROPPED A
LITTLE SARDINE OIL FROM THE
CAN ONTO GREEN THREADS GIVING
A GOOD FISH SMELL (I HOPE) TO
BAIT WITH OUT HAVING TO ACCES
BAIT EVERY ONE WITH SARDINE.
THE [illegible] BOTTLE-BURYING
HOLE WAS ABOUT 10-12 INCHES
DEEP & SHOWED WATER
ABOUT 8 OR 10 INCHES DOWN.
THE HIGHER PARTS OF DYKES &
KNOLLS IN THE MARSH ARE ONLY
ABOUT 3 FT A FEET ABOVE THIS.
HIGH TIDE MARK IS ABOUT 2 FOOT
ABOVE THIS, THEREFORE BURNERS
IN DYKES, EVEN IN TIME OF
NORMAL TIDES, CANNOT BE OVER
2 FT DEEP TO PREVENT WATER
ESCAPE INTO THEM.
All MY TRAPPING IS BEING DONE
ON THE N SIDE OF THE SPORTSMEN'S
CLUB ROAD LEADING FROM BAY-
SHORE HIGHWAY OUT ONTO POINT,
ON THE S. SIDE OF THIS ROAD THE
MUD FLATS BEYOND AN ORIGINALLY SOFT.