Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (1 of 5)
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We brought $150. or Mex, worth in all. My share was $66.00 even when I went ashore I had not the least idea of buying a cents worth but the work was so artistic I couldn't resist. The Hailan left at 4:30 P.M. for Hong Kong. Day cloudy & cool on that account. (13) Reached Hong Kong at 8:30 A.M. + landed our 46 pieces of baggage at the wharf. We took There is no customs inspection here & no questions or asked about baggage. Took rooms at Hong Kong Hotel. Took a ride up to The Peak Hotel in the afternoon - in cable car way shot. (14) Night hot but there were no mosquitoes & no evidence of mosquito curtains or bed of 4 of us we have more much malaria here than months. British have exterminated all the mosquitoes I think.