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[[left margin]] Carry of Bamboo sedans [[/left margin]]
wheels are smaller than in Japan. A much used method of [[underline]] conveyance [[/underline]] are the square [[underline]] bamboo sedan-chairs [[/underline]] fastens in between 2 poles about 20-25 feet long and carried by 2 men. Swinging sensation at first is rather unusual, cost is very small. Men are strong and robust, many of these Sedan carriers have extraordinarily [[strikethrough]] ab [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] abnormally developed muscles on their calves. [[/underline]] Also strong chests, specially needed for [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] their many climbing streets.  
Streets unusually well paved and cleanly kept.  [[underline]] This is a Chinatown with large well [[strikethrough]] paved [[/strikethrough]] asphalted or cemented streets [[/underline]] - something [[underline]] quite un-Chinese. [[/underline]] Endless shops.
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The usual cinema theatres Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Mary Pickford and the usual Hollywood star list. Chinese are very fond of it. Also British Tommies in Uniform and sailors from British ships. [[underline]] At hotel every mixture of [[/underline]] Britishers, also many Eurasians less Chinese. [[strikethrough]] Sikhs [[/strikethrough]] Bearded tall Sikhs; erect and self-conscious everywhere; for policy-duty. A few [[underline]] hindustanese in passage. [[/underline]] British element undoubtedly dominates; but there is a sprinkling of Americans, Dutch, French and few Germans. 
Went up the hill on a very steep cable-road, to the [[underline]] Peak Hotel. [[/underline]]  Extraordinarily pretty view over landscape and town and all the little