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148 bicycle in [[underline]] 1897. [[/underline]] Same old story. [[underline]] Luxury is what the next man can not get. [[/underline]] Coolies here do not seem to think a bicycle a luxury no more than in U.S a Ford auto is considered a luxury. Annamite men and women knot their hair. [[underline]] Difficult to know man from woman [[/underline]] at first [[underline]] unless man [[/underline]] has [[underline]] moustache. [[/underline]] Chinese ^[[coolies]] wear same large bamboo curved conical hat as in Canton while Annamites have lighter straight cone shaped hat. [[two drawings of the different types of hats]] Begin to see some [[underline]] turbaned Indians (Tamils) [[/underline]] also [[underline]] fezzed Farsies. [[/underline]] Latter keep stores of fancy goods as in Canton. The Northern type of Chinaman and Cantonese Chinamen are [[end page]] [[start page]] 149 quite numerous. Also the stumpy Northern Chinese [[underline]] "Amah" [[/underline]] who attends to little [[underline]] French children [[/underline]] as nurse. [[underline]] Tongkinese women [[/underline]] have a turban like ring around head, some have long hair which they gather and twist around head and swing end thru turban ring to hold it, [[underline]] very graceful coiffure. Saigon [[/underline]] well laid out, broad boulevards, shade trees everywhere. Very [[underline]] handsome new Opera building. [[/underline]] City better laid out and more cheerful looking [[underline]] than most French Cities [[/underline]] of its size. [[underline]] White helmets [[/underline]] and [[underline]] white duck [[/underline]] suits everywhere and worn by everybody in every variation In afternoon noted some breeze. Thermometer in my room varies from 80°F to