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[[first image: diagram of boat steering mechanism with sections labeled "tiller", "rudder", "Rudder post", and 2 crossboards labeled "a" and "d"; the section below the rudder post is annotated: 
"This is a slit in the stern which permits lifting the rudder blade upwards. The 2 little crossboards a and d house the upper part of the rudder post.]]

[[second image: diagram of boat steering mechanism with sections labeled "B" with annotation "here comes the upper housing", "c", "Rope for tackle to lift rudder", and "Stern board". Arrows from a section below "c" and from "Stern board" point to the corresponding sections in the third image]]

[[third image: diagram of boat steering mechanism with sections labeled "Stern board", "B", and "c" with annotation:  "c.c are two planks forming a jaw holding rudder post"]]

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Went to [[underline]] French Consul [[/underline]] to have my Passport Visaed. Seeing my rosette of officer of [[underline]] Legion of Honor [[/underline]] he forthwith became [[underline]] very courteous [[/underline]] and inquired about my voyage and told me he [[underline]] would telegraph [[/underline]] to the Governor announcing my arrival.  
[[underline]] My bill at Hong Kong Hotel is 124 Hong Kong Mex. [[/underline]] They charge me 17 Mex a day and 2/3 of a day for this last day for overstaying beyond noon! Left for [[underline]] Canton [[/underline]] by Pearl River at 10 [[strikethrough]] A.M. [[/strikethrough]] P.M. Had single cabin to myself on new [[underline]] steamer Lung-Shan [[/underline]] (or Lun Shan?) Clean berth, and room, hot and cold running water, little room is cleverly arranged, [[underline]] better than on our Hudson River steamers. [[/underline]] Restaurant simple but well run. Good service. [[underline]] all Chinese except [[/underline]] and crew. [[underline]] Same barred [[/underline]] gates, and steel plate protection and armed guards of Sikhs and