Viewing page 50 of 101

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

94
Hotel [[underline]] Macau, [[/underline]] ^[[Macao]] the best in town does not amount to much but is acceptable. [[underline]] Proprietor [[/underline]] half Chinese half Portugese, spoke fluent English all others are Chinese.  Hotel is picturesquely situated along [[strikethrough]] P [[/strikethrough]] the shore shaded with trees. Fishing fleet of Junks, anchored near by. Numerous sailboats everywhere. Chinese stores, but [[underline]] streets decidedly wider [[/underline]] than in Chinese towns, and whole place [[underline]] reminds of Portugal [[/underline]] inhabited by Chinese. While my Ricksaw man was driving me around at the Plaza, near monument to Vasco ^[[de]] Gama, A Portugese officer in seeing my rosette of the Legion [[strikethrough]] of Honor [[/strikethrough]] d'Honeur, stepped out of his Ricksaw and addressing me in [[underline]] excellent French [[/underline]] volunteered to [[underline]] show me the town. [[/underline]] (Lieutenant [[underline]] Royerio Feriera [[/underline]] - Macao (China).  Took me all around town, and also to the rocks where Camoens ^[[Camoens]] wrote ^[[his]] [[underline]] Lusitiad. Macao [[/underline]] is decidedly
[[end page]]
[[start page]]
95
cleaner than Chinese towns. Altho' known for its [[underline]] gambling house [[/underline]] it is quiet and restful. In summer time patronized as a summer resort. I wonder what hotel accommodations one gets, as the hotel which is none too good can only accommodate a few people.  [[underline]] Macao [[/underline]] has [[underline]] paper money [[/underline]] of its own, only accepted there at par with [[underline]] Hong Kong Dollars [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] but [[/strikethrough]] which [[underline]] are standard money there. [[/underline]] Outside of fishing there seems to be no important industry There are [[underline]] endless gambling houses [[/underline]] which pay revenue to the Colony, and are its almost exclusive source of income.  [[underline]] "High class gambling House" [[/underline]] read the signs. They are almost exclusively patronized by [[underline]] Chinese, of every class, from the lowest [[strikethrough]] coll [[/strikethrough]] coolie [[/underline]] who risks his [[strikethrough]] hardly [[/strikethrough]] hard earned "cash" brass coins to prosperous looking Chinese and every variety of Eurasians, with now and