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the garden. After dinner we went to the Chinese hotel [[strikethrough]] in [[/strikethrough]] situated in the new city outside the walls [[strikethrough]] near [[/strikethrough]] opposite Shameen. They are of several stories with central rooms for dining facing the main stairway. Here we saw parties of Chinese men & some girls dancing & playing the [[strikethrough]] ba [[/strikethrough]] guessing game for wine drinking. Recently fantan gambling palaces have been opened in the same neighborhood. These bore in gilt letters the English words "First Class Gambling House & the name of the owner. Fantan was played on a large table by the Chinese who [[strikethrough]]le[[/strikethrough]] place their money on 1, 2, 3 or 4 & if they win they receive
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