Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (5 of 5)
Page 51
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4 times the dev less 10% for the house. The bet is decided by an attendant who cast out a large pile of cash & then crowns these 4&4 time until they are less than four or just four remaining. This number is the winner. This quite according to luck and has no element of judgement connected with it to make it interesting, at The flower boats go the result of the young lads of Canton after 9 P.M. therein event at 9:30. The boats lay anchored in the stream side by side at the far end of the little town + a sound from voyage was necessary to reach