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On the beach at Pcs Carmargo several
reel boats made of bundles of Saripens
could be seen.
Drew desert as at Bayton
with no sign of vegetation + the
coast is arid + bold cliffs.
Weather slightly hazy + cool with
moment of the mountain ranges
of the interior. Departed from
Elen at noon + steamed north
on a cool choppy sea in bracing
air to Bancarmcargan where
we arrived at 5 P.M. Begun
unloading + receiving cargo at once.
Two. The town is built
in a open semi-circle of sand
with a steel rotary splashing
a hundred or so more into
the sea. The steamers stay for
out + discharge cargo into
lighters as at Elen. A few green
mesquite like bushes were seen
on the sandunes behind the
town but most of the coast was
quite barren + brown + minus any
of vegetation. Fifteen or twenty
miles behind the town,
steep mountains cloud the
landscape total overights
the cloudy weather. Several
women came down with fruit
for sale. They had many.