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295 miles 7degrees 5" Lat N. 17degrees 30" West Long
about in trousers & shirt having the feet bare is the comfortablist mode providing you do not have to walk in the sun The broad brimmed hats were very comfortable & kept off Father Fiery's [image: image of sun having eyes nose mouth] fierce darts If you could see us now you might call us a set of lazy scamps almost too lazy to go down for our meals We got hold of some chessmen today & it was quite a treat to have a game Altogether we played 31 games & I [deleted]one[/deleted] [inserted]won[/inserted] 15 each & one was a draw My foe was a young Londoner going out to Melbourne & which was the best player it was hard to decide

Wednesday January 14th, 1880

297 miles 3degrees 14" Lat N. 14degrees 26" Long W.
The heat down below from so many breathing in so small a compass in such a hot Latitude forced me to bring up my rug & pillow which I spread out on deck &

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