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(3) At noon we had a very
heavy downpour rain
accompanied with violent
thunder lightning and
heavy squally wind.
The storm lasted about
1 hour violently & there
a drizzle much of the day.
This is the first real rain
storm I have witnessed
here. I spent the day
delving over books on
German & miss China
in the Raffles Library,
Dr. Harnisch has issued
a special catalogue on
the Chinese books in the
library. I found many
new books not
previously known to me
German or part of it.