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On Bours
Bernadin de St. Pierre
April 7, 1929
Lat 12°43'N
Long 43°19'E
noon
Eastons run 307 miles
sino noon yesterday
19 mile to Djibouti
Passed through 12-13 hours
Perim between 12+13 hours
the mainland of both
sides mountainous
and there are numerous
small rock islets along
the coast especially on
the African side. They seem
to be composed of sand
stone. The wind was to
the Eastward of South and
fairly strong. Had quite
an argument on Wild
Life conservation but that
got some-what heated.