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lights of fishermen's huts 
The fantastic shadows of crooked pine trees all ^[[grown]] bent landwards on account of prevailing seawinds. [[red underline]] There is the Pacific Ocean far far away lies America and still farther away in Europe, people are killing each other in the most cruel and senseless war sowing suffering and sorrow and ruin. [[vertical red line in left margin next to next 7 lines]] From here I feel as if I were living on another planet. [[/red underline]] Coming back to hotel I see the two coolies who are pulling the "punkah" of the dining room. a cheap [[/vertical red line]] and efficient substitute for electric fans. X. 
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X as we used to have in 1890 [[red underline]] in New York in down town  restaurants [[/vertical note in left margin]]
Drove to the station towards nine P.M. It is cool and breezy now. Here bought [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] two lanterns made of skin of round bellied fishes.
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When I arrived in Yokohama the streets are deserted but for some Jinricksaw men sleeping in their [[strikethrough]] ve [[/strikethrough]] vehicles. with a paper lamp hanging near shaft. 
Aug 27. [[red underline]] Nagasaki [[/red underline]] the photographer tells me [[red underline]] policemen of Yokohama are suspicious of me and take me for a spying german officer. Jinricksaw men have reported me as photographing [[/red underline]] They came to examine my negatives. Nagasaki told them I am the inventor of Velox and that he knows me since 15 years and I am an american. Has convinced the police by referring them to a japanese newspaper published in Yokohama which described my career with portrait Got Cablegram from [[red underline]] Celine  [[strikethrough]] "Bigge [[/strikethrough]] Bigeggo" [[/red underline]] which cost me considerable