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July 22
Flemington to Hellsdelle NY.
We (I) were up early and
changed a bar fire that
had become flat in the night
were able to get it included
[illegible] we were hung
Fred [illegible] and got Jerry
shut, after 8 (Standard End)
went on at a good pace
and had dinner on the
Stomkuy road after
Crossing Bear Mt Bridge
found one decided
we had best arrived
in Grop Barrington
Country where there is
said to be an epidemic
of black measles
So we turned north
from Amenia, and
broke on to Hellsdelle NY.
Stopped at a hotel there
in a heavy rain.