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Quite a number wear one two or three [[underline]] five Dollar American Gold-coins as upper buttons. [[/underline]] Men also wear them, some $10 coins, some even $20. as buttons or as ornaments. People here [[underline]] do not put their money in the bank. They buy jewelry [[/underline]] with it on which they can borrow money in the [[underline]] Governement pawn shops [[/underline]] whenever they need cash. at 6% interest [[underline]] per month !! or 72% [[/underline]] a year. [[strikethrough]] The [[/strikethrough]] Before the Governement Pawn shops existed, [[underline]] Chinese [[/underline]] Power brokers [[underline]] asked much more. [[/underline]]
[[underline]] April 26. [[/underline]] (Sunday) Last night there was dancing in the hotel till 1 AM. Many visitors from neighborhood came to spend the holidays and week end. Most are going away to day by motor
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or train. This morning 66˚F Left by motor at 6AM. for [[strikethrough]] Pengalelan. [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Pangalengan]] Beautiful blue sky first flat then winding climbing road. Paddy-fields with [[underline]] rice [[/underline]] ^[[rice]] at different stages of ripeness. the planting growing and harvesting going on all year here. Very fertile country [[underline]] Sun + abundant water + volcanic ash soil. [[underline]] Slowly [[underline]] smoking craters [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] here and [[/strikethrough]] at some of the mountains. First reached a Cinchona Estate. then Tea plantation. Mr C. G. M. van Rosenburgh. ((Pangalengan) is the manager & the son sof the well known [[underline]] dutch professor of Chemistry [[/underline]] Tea plant grows well in this volcanic soil. looks like stubby laurel bushes, root goes many feet down in the growth plant is cut short to facilitate picking leaves. Whole culture