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[[underline]] jungle. [[/underline]] I notice here as in Cochin China many [[underline]] Kapok-[[/underline]] trees. Bare of leaves at this season but bearing large husks similar to milk weed in U.S and bearing the long fibre cotton like Kapote 
Mr. [[strikethrough]] Joly [[/strikethrough]] 
^[[De Byser]] is manager ^[[underline]] [[De Byser]] [[/underline]] of the [[underline]] Bungalow [[/underline]] a cheerful pleasant man. [[underline]] Bungalow [[/underline]] is a cheerful spot opposite the [[underline]] Angkor Watt. [[/underline]] My room is in a [[underline]] one story building [[/underline]] roomy and screened with wire screens; doors and windows, but [[underline]] they are not tight [[/underline]] so do not exclude [[strikethrough]] win [[/strikethrough]] insects Bed [[strikethrough]] has [[/strikethrough]] is large and has mosquito-screen. Electric light and ditto fan. Room partitioned off from shower room with tap and running shower on cement floor which 
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[[underline]] drains thru a hole in the wall in an open gutter in street. [[/underline]] Thru this hole walk in [[underline]] mosquitoes, lizards, ants [[/underline]] and every morning I find [[underline]] also [[/underline]] a [[strikethrough]] little [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] toad who comes for water. Absurdity of wire-screens [[/underline]] when this hole offers entrance to all insects!. [[underline]] Meals excellent, [[/underline]] so is wine excellent [[underline]] tisane [[/underline]] ^[[(Champagne)]] and champagne [[underline]] Electric light [[/underline]] made by little [[underline]] steam engine, [[/underline]] steam furnished by burning [[underline]] wood. Ice [[/underline]] comes from [[underline]] Pnom-Penh [[/underline]] in wooden square packing boxes, [[strikethrough]] su [[/strikethrough]] and [[underline]] surrounded with saw dust. Efficient way for transporting ice here. [[/underline]]
Rooms kept very clean. Feel delighted. From my window direct view on the [[underline]] Watt [[/underlined]] and its pond filled with beautiful big white and pink [[underline]] lotus flowers. [[/underline]]