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wind; and no coal dust [[red underline]] Jib - sails [[/red underline]] provided with [[red underline]] patent reffing gear. [[/red underline]] Larger yachts are moored near stone wharf tied fore and aft, stern towards wharf and thus [[red underline]] boarded from stern, [[/red underline]] with small gang - plant resting on roller - casters Large merchant ships are moored in spacious stone basins and docks. [[red underline]] Just as dirty and dusty as West steel in New York [[/red underline]] Evening went to a cafe'  Chantant on the back of a Restaurant. Good natured crowd. Men and women of average bourgeoisie. Old songs being sung and chorus repeated by all. - [[red underline]] No drunkenness. - but some of the [[red underline]] song rather coarse and [[/red underline]]
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[[red underline]] would not be tolerated [[/red underline]] in America except in the very lowest dives. Got very tired of it after a short time. There is no doubt in my mind that [[red underline]] the Anglo-Saxon conception of propriety is far apart of what Frenchmen accept easily. [[/red underline]]
[[strikethrough]] Changed [[/strikethrough]] Feb 2. Changed some Am. checks. = got for $100 owe 21 [[pound symbol]].
Had to pay [[red underline]] [[pound symbol]] 5 in advance for Hotel accommodations at Shepheard's besides the cost of the cable.
Hire a horse-carriage and drove around "La Cornide" or the shore-road. [[red underline]] Reminds of the Riviera or of Valparaiso Blue-sky [[/red underline]] blue water; white cliffs, wind not too strong. Pretty drive. Dry