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report on Cambodgian schools. a very interesting man. his name is L. [[underline]] Manipoud [[/underline]] (Cambodge Professor [[underline]] Joly [[/underline]] and his Ammonite secretary and the [[underline]] contoluer des dounes all come aboard [[/underline]] to have a [[underline]] little chat [[/underline]] with the [[underline]] young captain [[/underline]] a blue eyed blond [[underline]] Breton [[/underline]] who has an Eurasian as second officer. While they are drinking a few [[underline]] bottles of beer [[/underline]] a large Chinese Junk is loading us [[underline]] with fearfully smelling dried fish and [[/underline]] a lighter sampan on Starboard is [[underline]] increasing the smell with pots [[/underline]] of that [[underline]] rotten fish sauce; made on the Island near by. [[/underline]] It is nearly dark when we heave anchor. The [[underline]] Maurice Long [[/underline]] is an [[underline]] old dutch steam [[/underline]] built [[underline]] 33 years [[/underline]] ago for travel in the East - Indies. The saloon is orna
[[left margin]] SS [[underline]] "Maurice Long" [[/underline]] 700 tons = 10 knots [[/left margin]]
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mented with pretty Dutch - Delf - tile pictures of different towns in Holland and the old dutch signs: [[underline]] Heeren Damen, Bradhamen [[/underline]] all still existent. The bath used to be a sprinkler shower but has been simplified to a [[underline]] tank [[/underline]] with fresh water in which one dips a tin pan which one splashes [[underline]] over the head, [[/underline]] repeating this operation several times. The charge for my passage is [[underline]] 31 Piastres [[/underline]] = or about 18 Dollars; wine and liqueurs included in the meals. It will take me only [[underline]] 2 days [[/underline]] to get to Bangkok. Even then the steam has to stop at several places along the coast and Islands [[underline]] Steamer left Saigon 3 days [[/underline]] ago, stopping at several places. There are [[underline]] many steerage passengers [[/underline]] of different races but [[underline]] no whites [[/underline]]