Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (5 of 5)
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They extend for miles along the waterfront & A fair number of ship men in the various British, Danish & Dutch from Java, Borneo Jewels with Hartmann & Bridge in a motor to Raffles Hotel where we book rooms. The hotel faces the waterfront thus an extensive lawn in front. The climate is colder than Calcutta due to sea breezes of the spacious harbor. Rickshaws drilled by husky phenomen and the common convey the motor cars being hereby the has at 3 or 4, pm. In the late afternoon we took a rowing ride with