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16 the most difficult. He is a very flat-faced, ^[[much]] brown skinned medium sized, and all in all a very pleasant man his Japanese card bears [[underline]] Koshaku Oh yama Kashiwa. (Prince) [[/underline]] All the [[underline]] Japanese [[/underline]] on board are very pleasant, cheerful men Feb. 20. More deck games. Same moderate headwinds. Slightly cooler, making more Northing. There is a [[underline]] young Japanese [[/underline]] of very pleasant manners who [[underline]] speaks French [[/underline]] and is a Lieutenant in the Navy and Attaché [[strikethrough]] tout [[/strikethrough]] to the [[underline]] Japanese Ambassy in Paris. [[/underline]] His name is [[underline]] Yoshitane Kiutchi. [[/underline]] He learned his French in Paris. [[end page]] [[start page]] 17 [[underline]] Cinema show every other [[/underline]] evening. Feb 21. Still pleasant weather but temp in cab is now around 70° This is the winter-route which keeps decidedly below lat. 30° To morrow we shall make a Northerly slant. Evening [[underline]] gala dinner in honor of passengers leaving at Yokohama [[/underline]] Feb 22 (Sunday) Slightly cooler Temp in cabin, 68°F but still pleasant and bright. Had to put o my winter undershirt but still wearing light suit. Wrote letter to Celine. Washington's Birthday: Little ^[[paper]] hatchets distributed at dinner [[underline]] Feb 23. [[/underline]] Up early. Bright snappy weather. Cold. [[underline]] Fushiyama [[underline]] snow covered and glistening with snow