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fun with the flood and are wading in water oblivious of everything else. [[red underline]] Many of the children stark naked just like in Porto Rico. [[/red underline]]  Very hot and sultry
Bad smells of tubs containing [[red underline]] human fertilizer. [[/red underline]] Finally transferred to Sampan. Naked boats-man. At factory [[strikethrough]] towels [[/strikethrough]] wet towels offered in little baskets 
Saw [[red underline]] bleach making machine Hasenclever type. [[/red underline]] they tell me got the idea from an italian description of machine used in Italy. Cheaper on labor than their old chambers. Have operated it now for seven months; are very satisfied with it. Intend to use nothing else for new [[strikethrough]] cham [[/strikethrough]] outfit. Takes 3 hours for Ca(OH)[[subscript]] 2 [[/subscript]] to travel thru apparatus. Six superimposed horizontal cylinders of cast iron (lined
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with lead?) diameter about 24" - 30", length about 15' to 20' very slow motion, spiral conveyers of many blades. Blades are of enameled iron. Transmission by link chain.- Very slow. Bleach fed in top. comes out below in wooden box sealed with lime or clay. Upper half of cylinders can be taken off. Also hand holes

[[Diagrams of bleach machine on left side of page]]

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for easy inspection. In very hot weather the bleach is not very strong. Only 34% to 35% active Cl. But in ordinary weather it was 39% and 40%  They are cooling now with running
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water over cylinder so as to increase strength of bleach. Enamel has not yet been
removed after
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