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in Siam and [[underlined]] washed out [[/underlined]] 35 [[underlined]] kilometers of road and [[/underlined]] traffic will be interrupted for an indefinite time. The next train is scheduled for Wednesday (2 trains a week) but damage cannot be repaired before then. A [[underlined]] few years ago the trouble [[/underlined]] was [[underlined]] with the wild elephants who at night tore out the R.R. ties. [[/underlined]] He tells me [[underlined]] 2 Danish boats [[/underlined]] are leaving this afternoon for [[strikethrough]] Bangkok [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Singapore]]. One is about 500 tons [[strikethrough]] and has [[/strikethrough]] a freighter with good cabin accomodation, but stops at 18 ports and takes 9 days. They tell me [[underlined]] that trip is very interesting [[/underlined]] and there is even a Cabins de Luxe! A good opportunity for seeing all the little ports on the Malayan Coast [[strikethough]] During the Monsoon season [[/strikethrough]]
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But the boat is about to leave There is another freight steamer also of the Siam S. S. Co. (Danish) [[strikethrough]] an [[/strikethrough]] which goes directly to Bangkok in 4 days, and leaves from Bangkok at 4 P.M. 400 tons,, makes [[underlined]] 8 knots [[/underlined]] and has [[strikethrough]] acess [[/strikethrough]] 3 cabins. Was built in [[underlined]] 1906 Hurried packing. [[/underlined]] Then drove with [[underlined]] Pomeroy [[/underlined]] to visit the [[underlined]] American Minister, Mr. Brodie [[/underlined]] of Oregon. (A newspaper man) [[underlined]] Brodie [[/underlined]] looks very much like President [[underlined]] Angel of Yale. [[/underlined]] Boarded the little steamer (S. S. Asdang) on the Menam River, [[strikethrough]] access [[/strikethrough]] Besides [[underlined]] Rodskob [[/underlined]] (the Norwegian) there is a [[underlined]] Swede, Eric [[underlined]] Reuterberg [[/underlined]] of the Bangkok [[underlined]] Electric light Company [[/underlined]] who is taking a vacation to Europe and who was to go by same train S. S. Asdang has a crew