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and oiled the canvas one. 
The place where we were 
was an angorra goat 
farm. When packing
up about twelve thirty 
[when-ed.] our duds were 
dry, <del>on to</del> I happened to 
look around at "Pucks" & 
mine canoe & found it 
was drifting "cross the bar" 
After strenuous efforts with 
a clam rake the canoe was 
[rescued &] returned to its berth. We 
finally got off with sid 
rowing the canoe. We 
made hot time for a ways