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shabby about them. Whole town seems prosperous. English soldiers and sailors predominate. Also some Spanish red capped officers.
See many Fords, Buicks, and Cadillacs. My driver says they come from Spain where they are much sold. Feel very tired.
Tuesday. 3. Slept poorly. Heavy rain and quite some wind. Went walking in rain all morning. [[strikethrough]] Inter [[/strikethrough]] Then drove to little steam boat to go to [[red underline]] Algerciras, [[/red underline]] short distance. Thus am told that on account of bad weather (!) service is interrupted till the sea calms. There is no more sea than an average windy day on the Hudson With one american and 2 Britishers hired a [[strikethrough]] Fe [[/strikethrough]] car to drive us there. for which we are charged 100 Pestas or 50 pesetas each. for about one hour! or about 8$
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[[annotation in red in top margin]] Algeciras [[/top margin]]
my share. Muddy and rainy Had to leave my baggage behind First part of road very bad then much better. Green undulating fields and pasturages -- with pretty flowers. Mountains in distance covered with clouds. Hotel Reina Christina favorite resort of [[strikethrough]] English [[strikethrough]] British. Surrounded with pretty garden. But seems rather full and am assigned to a rather dark room below. A rather dead and monotonous place with many Britishers and their wives loitering about and spending their time at heaven knows what if they are not "taking tea". Feel very tired My baggage after some worry arrived here when I was in bed