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amused themselves in [[underlined]] undoing his bridge, [[/underlined]] plank after plank. Hence his [[underlined]] resentment towards elephants. [[/underlined]] Violent rain squall towards evening and then somewhat cooler. Slept on table till 2 P.M. it had become pleasantly cool so went in cabin where I slept naked; electric fan blowing on me.
April 7. Pleasantly cool and dry altho' Thermometer stands 80°F in my cabin. It is cloudy and somewhat rainey but there is a pleasant breeze and feels much less sultry 
The wind is aft, [[strikethrough]] and if [[/strikethrough]] so there is no fish smell. Later temperature on deck is 75°F N.W. wind. [[underlined]] This is the coolest hour since I left Hong-Kong [[/underlined]] The wine served at table white Corsican wine is excellent
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[[strikethrough]] Cap [[/strikethrough]] Commandant [[underlined]] Varney [[/underlined]] like all Frenchmen, fears the Germans, and seems fatalistic about him. [[underlined]] No more war for him he says [[/underlined]] if the Germans want to take France let them do it and let this be the end. Better Boche he says [[underlined]] than to go thru the same agonies sufferings and fruitless sacrifices [[/underlined]] thru which they went. - The [[underlined]] man has seen war [[/underlined]] and all its hideousness 
He says [[underlined]] those who make wars do not know what it means and suffer little by it. [[/underlined]] At 2 P.M ceases raining. Light ship. Just in time to cross the bar at entrance to the [[underlined]] Menam River [[/underlined]] Flat shores, no hills whatever [[strikethrough]] dense fore [[/strikethrough]] Quiet river. Green wooded shores. Palms, Bananas, Orech palms etc.

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