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At noon we went to the Coenraads for "nasi goreng", a wonderful fried rice, with all sorts of things to pile on top of it, like peanuts, fried onions, cucumbers both boiled and raw, coconut balls, chutney, red pepper, curried chicken. With the nasi goreng we had sati, shrimps and chicken broiled on a skewer.

March 29

Took both the little tigers for a walk in the morning, and then put them into a big cage together. Harry chewed on Harriet's ear, but there was no great sign of friendliness between them.

About two o'clock the Brownes dropped in, and we took both the little cats out to play again. Harriet showed symptoms of weakness, and we separated the tigers again. Later in the afternoon [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] we began dosing the little female with bismuth and opium, but she was in such feeble condition that we realized there was little hope for her, and she died sometime during the night.

March 30 -

With all sorts of farewell advice for Davis and Jennier, and much mutual wishing [[overwritten]] to [[/overwritten]] ^[[of]] good luck, Bill and I left camp about ten o'clock, and started off in a car for Medan.  Most of the way is through rubber plantations, and rather monotonous, but there were a few short stretches of forest, and three different times we saw monkeys, beside the road or running right across in front of our automobile.  They were the common rhesus of Sumatra.

Back at the DeBoer Hotel, we were a little disappointed to find that our steamer was going to be a day late in sailing.  Medan is terrifically hot, and we would rather have stayed in Siantar until the last possible moment.

In the evening we went out to the Brownes' for drinks, and had a pleasant visit with them.

March 31 - 

Bill spent the morning buzzing around from the Consulate to the Bank to the K. P. M. office.  They are giving us holiday rates to the Moluccas, which is really very decent of them.  The Coenraads arrived during the morning, and we all had lunch together.  Late in the afternoon we did a little last-minute shopping, and at eight we all went to the Brownes' for dinner.  Mrs. Browne is a Baltimore girl, and has taught her Javanese cook to make chicken a la Maryland, and we all enjoyed having a real American meal, from cream of tomato soup to apple dumpling.

April 1 -

We were up before sunrise, and left Medan at seven bound for Belawan.  We had a bad ten minutes when the car broke down, but it was just the cable to the battery, and after that had been nailed together (literally) we went merrily on, and reached the pier in plenty of time.  It was like meeting an old friend to be on the Plancius again, and we headed for Singapore shortly after eight o'clock.

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Used the Transcription Centre recommended notation for handwritten text in typed pages of ^[[text]] -@siobhanleachman