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Tuesday, Aug 11.
About The middle of the afternoon
the McCulloch (blue algae) came
in from Cape Hatteras. From
Brevard Bay, Judge Brown and his
son got the boat, went down to St. Augustine.
It's thought we might have to go
down with him but for a period
of time. Reynolds got a sight that
we could be able to understand
because the wind had not been
the sets. In the meantime we
had gotten well along with our
fishing in the event of heavy
storm tomorrow.
Wednesday, Aug 12
Go the McCulloch so 5-7.
In the morning we wrote letters
and sent them off. The day
was rainy and we burned
ourselves with water and spent
a good deal of time before a
black hand
Thursday, Aug 13.
Wrote on notes in the afternoon
In the afternoon we went out
and shot a lot of Sandpipers.
They came to the Dragon Reef to
rest after feeding on the ledge
plate!