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departure, nor had I expected that it would.

Consequently, I arranged with the bank officials, who are most obliging, to receive the $5.000. and in my absence pay Mr Pong the balance due him and then to remit the remainder to me at Kioto.

This final purchase in China is my crowning acquisition of paintings and adds a matchless note to the group.

My last little trip to the interior - one of five days, to the old capital city - Stangchow, also provided experiences that had been lacking during earlier

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trips - Fire and Robbery!

Capt Dallam and wife of the U.S.A. in one houseboat and Baron von Wurmb a collector, and myself in another houseboat, towed by [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] a steam tug left Shanghai and went by river and canal to Old Hang-chow to study the ancient art and the famous lake - West Lake! The place where so many early Chinese painters worked in landscape - the spot Sesshu painted in my screen. All went well until our last night at Hang-chow, when before dinner, the Dallams boat on which they both were, caught fire from an overturned oil stove and was badly damaged.

Our boat was lashed alongside

Transcription Notes:
von Wurmb - Prussian baron family name