Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (5 of 5)
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They travel at a slow rate I see about 6 or 8 men on the Redmill stern. We reached Hong Kong at 3 P.M. There was no other passenger on board, Mr. Jacobson a Dane in the lumber business who was a B.A.T. man formerly in Pekin. As the Yinchow was not leaving until tomorrow at 10 A.M. I took rooms at the Hong Kong Hotel. 23 Hartmann & I boarded the Yinchow at 7 A.M. She's a small C.N.C. cargo steamer of about 300 tons. A fresh breeze by me cool on our way out. 24 At daylight we entered Shatun harbor and