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Went to Bank 222 Ticals ^[[Ticals]] = $100. or 1$= [[strikethrough]] 45 [[/strikethrough]] 0.45. Tic. Many ricksaws, poorly built and narrow all [[underlined]] Chinese driven Chinese [[/underlined]] stores. [[underlined]] Most native business [[/underlined]] in hands of [[underlined]] Chinese. [[/underlined]] Muddy street, low row houses. mostly shops. [[underlined]] Siamese girls [[underlined]] very [[underlined]] similar to Cambodge [[/underlined]] but [[underlined]] brighter panungs. [[/underlined]] Some of them. let their hair grow and tie it in knot. [[underlined]] Most Siamese [[/underlined]] women have [[underlined]] short straight hair [[/underlined]] and [[underlined]] barefooted [[/underlined]] as [[underlined]] Cambodgian. [[/underlined]] Here and there men of [[underlined]] Laos [[/underlined]] in [[underlined]] sarong [[/underlined]] look much like Cambodyians Brighter clothes, poor or rich. Red, pink bright blue, or green! Panungs of better classes bright silk. The [[underlined]] Siamese gentlemen [[/underlined]] wear as bright panung mostly bright blue silk and white stockings and 
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dark low shoes on top a white starched cotton coat and one row of buttons, gold or gilded and a white sun helmet. ^[[or felt hat]] All officials dressed that way. 
There was a very violent rainfall last night which kept on for hour with a terrific noise as if we were under Niagara Falls. Temperature dropped to [[underlined]] 72˚F [[/underlined]] For [[underlined]] first time since I [[/underlined]] am [[underlined]] in these hot countries slept with my pajamas on. Dr. Haresin [[/underlined]] a pleasant quiet man, speaks English with Danish accent. Has been here over 30 years. was formerly will a mission. says it is too cold for him at present. 
[[underlined]] April 9. [[/underlined]] Rain has ceased I have a [[underlined]] young Portugese - Chink [[/underlined]] who was [[underlined]] formerly typewriter at Rockefeller-Institute, [[/underlined]] speaks