Viewing page 606 of 978

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

112

[[image]]
Hamburg-Amerika Linie.

An Bord
des Dampfers "Rhenania" 
den 11th April 1907.

For Miss Rhoades consideration

Dear Colonel Hecker, 

After Saigon; Hongkong, Canton and Shangai were visited. The greatest interest centers at Canton with the old Chinese walled-city of Shangai second. The foreign parts of Hongkong and Shangai have changed greatly since my earlier visit - [[strikethrough]] Hugh [[/strikethrough]] huge buildings have sprung up and immense business operations have started. The harbours are filled with ships, wharves are heaped with freight, the steamers 

145