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All help is Javanese and I am the [[underline]] only guest and [[/underline]] the [[underline]] only white man. [[/underline]] Place simple but cleanly kept The [[underline]] W.C. [[/underline]] problem here has been solved by putting [[underline]] neat square white boxes over a [[strikethrough]] fast ru [[/strikethrough]] neat cement gutter [[/underline]] thru which a shunt from the irrigation ditch flows rapidly fresh water. [[underline]] Rystafel [[/underline]] is not so interesting as the first time and appears rather shabby when served pele-mele as here. In a country where there is such an abundance of fruit almost the only fruit offered is [[underline]] bananas, [[/underline]] sometimes [[underline]] papayas, [[/underline]] sometimes green skinned rather [[underline]] tasteless oranges. [[/underline]] smaller and [[underline]] far inferior [[/underline]] to any [[underline]] Florida or California Oranges [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] Clima [[/strikethrough]] Temperature pleasant at 7:00 P.M = 74˚F in my
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room. No insects to bother altho regular mosquito net around beds as everywhere. Coffee served here is [[underline]] very strong [[/underline]] ^[[and black]] and only 1/4 small cup supposed to be diluted with hot milk to [[strikethrough]] proper [[/strikethrough]] desired strength. I notice many birdcages hoisted on tall bamboo poles at entrance of houses. and [[strikethrough]] bird taken [[/strikethrough]] cage taken indoors at night. Considerable amount of [[underline]] tobacco grown [[/underline]] for [[underline]] native use. [[/underline]] Very brown [[underline]] almost black [[/underline]] and cut very fine. rolled into a special palm leaf to a thin cigarette [[underline]] Women [[/underline]] chew [[underline]] bethel [[/underline]] and [[underline]] Orecha [[/underline]] nut just as in Indo- [[underline]] China [[/underline]] and [[underline]] Siam [[/underline]] which gives them a [[underline]] horrid [[/underline]] mouth with [[underline]] black teeth [[/underline]] and [[underline]] red lips. [[/underline]] They expectorate the red juice which looks like blood on the walks or