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Friday Jan 8-15 I've reopened my Journal – The Eastern awaits the Morinda coming in & we are waiting as well – It means mails – Wednesday it rained heavily & I remained inboard. We started Auction bridge – We thought we ought to learn it because when well played it seems a pretty sure source of income & we must look to the future – One man played with farmers ashore & got 15£ - It involves much more cunning & insight as to the declarations & opens up the road for what is known as Bluff – A Machiavellian game – I don't quite know whether my intelligence department approves of dissipating its energy that way –I was the cause of a rumpus among the military on Thursday – It came to my knowledge that my Bluejackets got thro the pickets ashore to Houses of ill Fame – Japanese – I promptly reported to Fitz & he as promptly told the Military – They denied that this could happen & went into the matter but Fritz & I stuck to our guns – told them what
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