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following the play. [[strikethrough]] While [[/strikethrough]] Smell of fish everywhere. There in that crowded mass of chinese and japanese, all half clad, their faces half illuminated by the glare of electric lights. The passing waves below, moon mirroring in the water, [[strikethrough]] few [[/strikethrough]] one feels very much that [[red underline]] we are in the East [[/red underline]] - and [[red underline]] white men are scarce [[/red underline]] on board of this ship except 1st cabin
Aug 2. 1914. Still rather warm. Flying fish more numerous and bigger  they are very brilliant in the sun. [[red underline]] Brannigan [[/red underline]] tells me he saw at least half a dozen [[red underline]] lepers [[/red underline]] at large in the streets of [[red underline]] Honolulu [[/red underline]] Leprosy in [[red underline]] Honolulu [[/red underline]] quite common. Very common in the [[red underline]] Phillipines. [[/red underline]] Many thousands have been located. Speaks of cases where healthy children were born of parents both leprous. Another man tells of
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one leper had two wives none of whom contracted the disease. This ship has particular smells.- a combined ^[[dried]] fish and fruit smell almost any point on deck gives you a whiff of this smell. This morning early ^[[there was]] [[red underline]] boxing [[/red underline]] with gloves between [[red underline]] McFarland Brannigan [[/red underline]] and a Manilla lawyer. Weather still damp and warm and sticky  Spent day studying Hooker situation reading and writing
Aug 3. This morning early a [[red underline]] Marconigram [[/red underline]] of ^[[Dr]] [[red underline]] Kondo [[/red underline]] was handed to me dated Aug 1. bidding me welcome and announcing that he will be at the wharf in Yokohama and has arranged for hotel in Tokio. After my bath walked thru [[red underline]] steerage. Japanese and chinese feeding their babies.  [[/red underline]] way down in the hatch! Feels hot inside   The [[red underline]] big Hindu [[/red underline]] ^[[a Sikh]] with flowing beard tells me he is from the Punjab and says there [[strikethrough]] whet [[/strikethrough]] weather is not hot
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