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town than [[underline]] Batavia. People here do not complain of climate, they resent if you mention it [[/underline]] and they say they prefer it to [[strikethrough]] Bra [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] Weltevreden or Bandoeng, - just as Californians would do. [[/underline]] Went to buy some souvenirs at [[underline]] "Inlandsche Kunst" [[/underline]] a shop run by a [[underline]] lady who speaks fluent English [[/underline]] and recommended by [[underline]] Consul. [[/underline]] She will ship everything.
1/ One large Bali Gong ƒ67.50
2/ " small 15 -
3/ " [[strikethrough]] One [[/strikethrough]]
^[[Two]] pieces Batik 9
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ƒ91
She will bundle this and my other Batik with the Gongs and ship them to New York and send me bill for freight (or portage) and insurance.
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All at Snug Rock [[/vertical annotation]]
Poor sleep, some mosquitoes got in my mosquito netting
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and keep me awake most of the night.
[[underline]] May 19. [[/underline]] I wanted to buy some brass ware. It is poor everywhere. Wrote letter to [[underline]] George [[/underline]] explaining [[strikethrough]] May 20 [[/strikethrough]] shipment and my return to Singapore [[strikethrough]] May 20 [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] Consul Winslow, Mrs. Winslow and V.C. Denemark, who is a Georgian [[/underline]] for lunch at hotel.
[[underline]] Consul [[/underline]] tells me about his troubles with [[underline]] Drunken American sailors and drunken oil-drillers [[/underline]] who either jump their contract or who are discharged and have to be repatriated at the expense of [[underline]] U.S. Taxpayers. [[/underline]] He says if we do not repatriate them they simply
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67.50
15.00
15.00
7.50 } brass hooks
3.25 } for gongs
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