Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (5 of 5)
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"9) Sunday was celebrated at the Sea View Hotel at 4 P.M., at which time the high tide made bathing favorable. There were some 20 or 30 men + 12 women in the water with a few children. The water is clear + warm + quiet + the weather was cloudy so that the conditions were ideal. There is apparent no danger of sunstroke in the water at this time of day of year + no helmets are worn. The men + women wear very thin one piece bathing suits + bare limbs + feet. A few days ago in driving down town with Capt. Haycroft he remarked about some sailors whom