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58 [[strikethrough]] Wed. [[/strikethrough]]Thursday. Nov. 25' [[strikethrough]] February 27 [[/strikethrough]] fairy Hong Kong - Homes built all the way to the peak of the mts - Jewel colored layers - Red green blue & yellow - high with the sky. Friday. Nov. 26 Sat in door way of shop while the Hacohens shopped - this morning and watched the passers by. Hard to see coolies bent over, running in bare feet on such a cool day. Went to Hong Kong by Ferry at 11 AM. Four ferries work simultaneously - first & second class. View of harbor, magnificent. Lunched with Hacohens. Ten percent is added to bills - as a rule. Which facilitates matters - No mixture of chinese girls 59 Friday Nov. 26 [[strikethrough]] February 28 [[/strikethrough]] & white men here. Was told this is an English Colony - and the practice is frowned upon. Should an Englishman be seen in public with a chinese girl, the promotion in his work would automatically be stopped & he be sent home on the next boat. After lunch, we separated & I took a double high bus (also - 1st & 2nd class, & road on top deck. The bus marked Western headed went the length of Hong Kong practicaly & for three fares. I had a most wonderful view & idea of the city, the inhabitants - the markets, the way of life. The markets in particular are fascinating. Teeming with life. Families selling their goods in streets wide enough only for one person to pass