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30 [[left margin in red]] to Port Said [[/left margin]] looks like monkey-caps They tell me they are [[red underline]] low caste, half-Portugeze East Indians. [[/red underline]] I inquired about their religion from my stewards. He says they are [[red underline]] Roman catholics!! [[/red underline]] Another unexpected thing Cheerful stewards puts me at a table with only men. [[red underline]] All Englishmen [[/red underline]] about 35-45. all [[red underline]] destined for Bombay. [[/red underline]] A reserved low-spoken set. Rather limited in the art of conversation. [[red underline]] Everyone has a bottle of Scotch Whiskey before him but drinks [[/red underline]] sparingly. The [[red underline]] only drunkard [[/red underline]] I saw aboard the ship was a [[red underline]] spectacled American about 60 years [[/red underline]] old. [[end page]] [[start page]] 31 Next to me [[strikethrough]] sti [[/strikethrough]] sits a younger man. who goes to Bombay. Gives me the impression of being an [[red underline]] Irishman who lacks manners. [[/red underline]] Ship was supposed to sail at midnight. But sailed only towards 5.AM. Feb. 3. Smooth sea. Light breeze. Blue skies but still that 45-55 [[degree symbol]] F temperature Pass [[red underline]] Corsican Islands [[/red underline]] about 8 A.M. [[strikethrough]] I [[/strikethrough]] A number of Eastern types aboard: [[red underline]] Egyptians, [[/red underline]] Remind me of [[red underline]] types of East side [[/red underline]] Well to Jews. Probably they are no Jews. [[strikethrough]] "A [[/strikethrough]] In reading a paper about India I come to the conclusion that [[red underline]] "Activity in the West finds [[strikethrough]] no time for [[/strikethrough]] too little time for meditation [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] while [[/strikethrough]]