Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (5 of 5)
Page 36
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"baked pie with meat in it, beef & flour. 17) The weather continues calm + bright at times 18) From 4 to 6 Americans made out an elaborate menu for our first dinner at Hong Kong in the grill room 19) At daylight we were in sight of land, the peak of some of the hills near Hong Kong at 11 am. we passed the entrance marked by long ridge like island with lighthouse situated at a brave from rocky point. The bay or approach to Hong Kong harbor is not narrow very tropical or charming like that of Singapore The hills in the bay rise rather steeply but are