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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