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seem to smoke all the time but I do not see them drink anything in smoking room
They keep pretty well by themselves. All seem to speak english. Several have cameras.
One of them is a very much alive youngster. wearing a watch fob inscribed Cornell 1914. Another japanese is the son of the [[strikethrough]] "potato King [[/strikethrough]] Potato-King of San Joaquin Valley." Two others are officers of the japanese army returning from Washington.
July 27. Everybody up early. We are approaching Honolu. Hawayan Island with their sharply outlined mountains in sight. Clouds overhanging the peaks and valleys. German Cruiser [[red underline]] Nürnberg [[/red underline]] who left San Francisco same day as we just steaming in port. 
[[vertical note in left margin]] [[strikethrough]]One of the [[/strikethrough]] Same steamer I saw in San Francisco. and which later was one of the first German ships destroyed in the war. 
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Fires 21 salutes which are answered by port. all passengers lined on deck for medical inspection
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which consists simply in counting them. Everybody dressed up to go on shore. Many flying fish around harbor. In harbor about twenty stalwart brown Kanakas who dive for coins thrown to them. With their straight hair and intelligent face make good impression. Streets Honolulu clean, well kept and modern So are the shops. An unusually large amount of autos and few if any horses. Am told horse vehicles disappeared gradually since 1906
Autos range from Ford's to Packard's used everywhere and stationed in almost any corner of town. Went walking thru town and by and by was in asiatic corner inhabited exclusively by orientals mostly japanese, and many chinese  All well kept orderly. Japs and Chinese seem very businesslike. One is struck by the large number of japanese women on streets, their abundant black straight hair