Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (5 of 5)
Page 5
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as the pulling islands x coast of Moray in the minute of Panama on the station more water became more visible. The whole day was clear & gray with a balmy cooling head wind. The sun sank in a golden mist of clouds without definite shape or shape for the play of colors. 29 all day we steamed steadily at 13 knots thru calm smooth water without any swell. Mt shill of the Malaya Peninsula & islands were in sight all day. At 5 P.M. we passed into Singapore Bay past a picturesque white light house on small islet, the lower rim of a circle.