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Mr. H.H. [[underline]] Pethick [[/underline]] X
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Oil. Company who furnished me letters of introduction for their manager in [[underline]] Saigon [[/underline]] and in [[underline]] Bangkok. [[/underline]] In the S.O. Co office there is a Yachtsman who just published an article in Yachting on a cruise he made to [[underline]] Macao. [[/underline]]
[[underline]] Scott [[/underline]] took me and his colleague of [[underline]] Texas Co., [[/underline]] Mr. Lefebure, (a Harvard man, '18) in his Ford to his house up the hills. to take tea His mother a pleasant lady from British Columbia and his wife. Most beautiful view over Bay and hills and mountains and Islands. rather reminds me of Rio de Janeiro.  
Fishing fleet of Aberdeen coming in with full batwing sails set. Then after sunset a row of glares of distant [[underline]] acetylene [[/underline]] lights on boats [[underline]] going out fishing [[/underline]] with light glares during
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night. [[underline]] This shows once more that certain fish is attracted by glares during the night. [[/underline]]
[[underline]] March 15. [[/underline]] 1925 Sunday. Steamer S.S. [[underline]] Angkor [[/underline]] is in and will leave 3-4 P.M Went aboard 11.A.M with the French Launch. I have a pleasant room all to myself [[underline]] Angkor [[/underline]] is only about [[underline]] 10000 [[/underline]] tons Cabins 1st class all outside rooms simple but convenient with electric ceiling fan - all one kind with 2 beds each. At first the crew and officers look rather slouchy and miss the trimness of British or American ships. The [[underline]] heavy moustached waiters [[/underline]] also look rather different from our ships. It's rather damp and sultry this morning. When going to the ship with the steam launch I noticed that [[underline]] Hong Kong [[/underline]] cricketers, or tennis players, or excursionists put on white or kaki very short trousers reaching about 4" above their knees, and wear a short jacket