Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (5 of 5)
Page 10
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Transcription
The prices for labor & calc brine are much greater than in Celebta, The street dollar does not purchase so much as any other greater by 1/2 in value Few of the mistresses or wives talk English all of the business being done in Malay. Even taxi- drivers & cabmen are without any comprehension of the simple English place names & phrases, & which makes travel her and inward for the stranger. (31) Harluman & several other Trestra passengers deported at 5 P.M. for Balara on a Dutch steamer saw them off on a fine