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154 fighters or [[red underline]] bare ball men [[/red underline]] who are not always [[red underline]] examples of good manners or acceptable [[/red underline]] behavior. Ship heaved anchor at 5:30.P.M. Bleak shores near by illuminated by setting [[strikethrough] sun [[/strkethrough]] sun. Same smooth sea and ground swell. [[underline]] Feb 15. [[/underline]] Anchored early at [[red underline]] Iquique [[/red underline]] Sea smoother than ever. Some [[red underline]] interned German sail ships [[/red underline]] four and five masters. two Chilean war ships. A Japanese steamer, British; American etc. Town lies in a flat sandy stretch at the foot of arid gray mountains, on which horizontal line indicates a railroad high up [[left margin in red]] Iquique Chile [[/left margin]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 155 Tour of [[red underline]] Iquique is the dirtiest driest, most squalid place I have ever seen. [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] The [[/strikethrough]] Almost all houses are made of wood imported from California and the wood is painted or coated with sand paint to resemble wood. [[red underline]] Streets are plain sand [[/red underline]] One street is rather deceptive because it is wider and better kept than all the others and leads to a rather Bright Plaza with a [[/red underline]] a few palm trees [[/red underline]] and other bushes then towards the sea-shore with ^[[a very few]] [[red underline]] diminutive palms [[/red underline]] of two or three years old a [[red underline]] first beginning to try to raise a paseo along the shore. [[/red underline]] Walked around then drove in a carriage for an hour and was glad to be back aboard our steamer. Passengers taken ashore in [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]]