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and [[underline]] Junks [[/underline]] coming in and out. The village of [[underline]] Kep proper consists of two small rows of Chinese or Annamite stores, and a little market. A wooden small [[underline]] custom-house bungalow. [[/underline]] The hotel and the bungalow of the [[underline]] Resident superieur, [[/underline]] the ^[[pretty]] bungalow of the Resident of [[underline]] Kampot [[/underline]] more modest and a still smaller bungalow of another fonctionnaire and 2 or 3 small bungalows near by. Fish landed is sold immediately at the market or right on landing at the hard stony beach. The small fishing sampans carry [[strikethrough]] a balan [[/strikethrough]] have a very [[underline]] rakish small mast [[/underline]]
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which carries a balanced lug sail with very long upper yard, hoisted at about 1/2 distance by means of a [[underline]] throat halyard [[/underline]] while a long bridle quite taut and extending over most of the 1/2 remaining length of yard lets slide as [[strikethrough]] spl [[/strikethrough]] eye-splice which ends the peak halyard. The lead of the sail is [[strikethrough]] al [[/strikethrough]] vertical and the foot is not loose but tied to a light boom, which hangs free and on [[underline]] which the sail is rolled up [[/underline]] when furled - [[underline]] having no gaff [[/underline]] on the part that rests near the mast. See photo. This 
[[strikethrough]] [[image: drawing of boat with mast and sail]] [[/strikethrough]]
[[image: drawing of boat with sail as described]]