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sticks of sugar cane one is said to be over [[underlined]] 100 years old [[/underlined]] (?)
Afternoon went to [[underlined]] Crocodile pool [[/underlined]] behind another pagode. Or dirty little pool of water with a couple of crocodiles in it. While we arrived there [[underlined]] another [[/underlined]] formal [[underlined]] cremation [[/underlined]] was in progress Two coffins and friends and relatives were putting the lighted candles under the fagots. Then walk thru endless narrow streets a succession of [[strikethrough]] ships [[/strikethrough]] small shops mostly held by Chinese.
[[underlined]] April 10 [[/underlined]] The banks and great buying houses have [[underlined]] all white turbaned or [[/underlined]] red turbaned, spotless white dressed [[underlined]] Shiks [[/underlined]] as [[underlined]] guardians; very ornamental. [[/underlined]] All
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barefooted. Hotel has a tall Shik
All soldiers of Siamese Army or Navy below rank of officer are 
[[underlined]] barefooted [[/underlined]] All dressed in [[underlined]] kaki [[/underlined]] This morning at 7 A.M. it was 70˚F, unheard of at this season of the year but very recuperating for me. [[underlined]] Indian Fakirs [[/underlined]] came before entrance of hotel and start playing an instrument that sounds as a [[underlined]] bag pipe [[/underlined]] but is more from a [[underlined]]] flageolat stuck in a gourd. [[/underlined]] Fierce looking tall sinewy [[underlined]] swarthy individuals, [[/underlined]] their hair done up under a huge turban, silver ornaments ears and everywhere. A lot of [[underlined]] snakes [[/underlined]] creep out of hidden baskets. [[underlined]] Cobra snakes [[/underlined]] lift their heads and flatten