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166 [[in red]] Algeciras [[/in red]] the last moment was refused on account of weather unless they were willing to disclaim damages. From my observation of the better class of [[red underline]] English traveling people [[/red underline]] I should conclude that the average [[red underline]] well-behaved Englishman [[/red underline]] has been trained from childhood [[red underline]] to be bored to death cheerfully. [[/red underline]] From a British Automobile review I find that the number of autos used in the following countries calculated per population is as follows. United States 1 car for every 10 inhabitants Great Britain 1 " " 90 Danemark 1 " " 131 France 1 " " 176 Switzerland 1 " " 219 Belgium 1 " " 228 Germany 1 " " 360 Chile 1 " " 395 Sweden 1 " " 408 Spain 1 " " 531 [[end page]] [[start page]] 167 [[in red]] Algeciras [[/in red]] Mexico 1 for 620 Italy 1 " 690 Brazil 1 " 1120 Rumania 1 " 2046 Japan 1 " 4655 In figuring all the money I have spent since I left New York inclusive my passage from N.Y. to Europe and purchases etc. I find [[red underline]] I average [[/red underline]] about [[red underline]] $26.00 a day. [[/red underline]] April 7 - Up early. - Cold rain and wind and stormy. My leather hand luggage placed on deck of little [[red underline]] Algeciras steamer [[/red underline]] every opportunity to get thoroughly wet. [[underline]] then [[/underline]] they put a cover on it to keep it wet. Some of the passengers on the Ferry seem scared and are seasick Then transferred to S. S. [[red underline]] Gibel Sarsai [[/red underline]] a dirty [[strikethrough]] English [[/strikethrough]] boat under British flag. said to make [[red underline]] 12 knots [[/red underline]] and rolls as [[strikethrough]] the dickens [[/strikethrough]] anything ever did.
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