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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