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join steamer tomorrow afternoon. Station very busy ever going and coming Japanese in [[underline]] all varieties of Japanese and Western dress, [[/underline]] or the oddest combinations thereof - Most of them [[strikethrough]] either [[/strikethrough]]  whether Japanese or Western dressed jump around on their [[underline]] stilted wooden japanese plank shoes, [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] whe [[/strikethrough]] of which the [[strikethrough]] obvious [[/strikethrough]] advantages in this [[underline]] muddy streets are obvious, [[/underline]] others have simply [[underline]] mat-sandals [[/underline]] and their [[underline]] one-toed [[strikethrough]] sh [[/strikethrough]] socks [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] which [[/strikethrough]] so that their feet sink deep in the mud. Do not seem to mind it nor the lower part of their legs exposed to the cold weather. Others again dressed Western have half top [[underline]] rubber boots reached to about their calves [[/underline]] and their
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trousers tucked in it. Many have their [[underline]] head bundled in a dark handkerchief [[/underline]] or similar wrapper. Others wear a [[underline]] square lap tied over their mouth. [[/underline]] In the same way [[underline]] coolies, [[/underline]] pushing carts or carrying bundles have a handkerchief tied over their mouth.- [[underline]] Dread of cold air [[/underline]] or is it influenza which is ^[[reported]] prevalent here.
Funny sight also to see them wear [[underline]] on both ears pieces of rabbit fur which gives them a still more comical look in combination of round celluloid goggles, [[/underline]] mouth [[strikethrough]] fu [[/strikethrough]] mufflers and plank-shoe stilts. The thermometer is not very low is above 32°F but the [[underline]] damp cold wind is very [[/underline]]