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them. The hotels are hired
at $8.00 per night by my
friends who engage a
stranged Chinese fiddle orchestra
of three + or more singing
girls. The girls sing to
the weird squeaky fiddles
in a high voice and the
affair is interesting without
being enjoyed by a European.
The girls are young & pretty
as Chinese go. Between
acts the party drinks
servings & the hotels
of large size & comfortable.
These affairs must be arranged
before hand. I saw one
tiny auto, the only one they
on the Brand wheels on a
wide road face flanking
the river & the only street
Canton where motor cars