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compare to [[underline]] Panama. [[/underline]]
[[underline]] May 15. [[/underline]] We arrived here at [[underline]] Port Said [[/underline]] during the night, and I got [[strikethrough]] rego [[strikethrough]] awakened by the [[underline]] babbling [[/underline]] and noise of the [[strikethrough]] Arab [[/strikethrough]] numerous [[underline]] Arabs who are coaling [[/underline]] our ship and their sing-song [[underline]] "He-le--hele- [[/underline]] hele ha!! Coal dust everywhere. Cabins closed so are doors, and ^[[sail]] curtains on deck but the black dust spreads everywhere. [[underline]] Money changers, peddlers and fakirs [[/underline]] on deck but are kept out of inside of ship. Went ashore walking thru town 
Sun and bright sky, but pleasant cool breeze blowing. Went to seashore to watch the [[underline]] Arab fishermen pull in their nets. [[/underline]] Then to [[underline]] American [[/underline]]
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[[underline]] Consul. [[/underline]] Changed some Dollars in francs, 1 Dollar = 20 francs, latest charge was quoted in Europe [[underline]] 1$ = 22 francs [[/underline]] The [[strikethrough]] pound [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] British Pound is quoted $4.86, [[/underline]] or almost par. Principal street lined with [[underline]] Egyptian soldiers [[/underline]] and onlookers to see pass Lord [[underline]] Allenby who returns to England. [[/underline]] Papers announce fighting and riots and [[underline]] strikes in Shangai and Canton [[/underline]] directed against [[underline]] Japanese [[/underline]] and British, and led by Chinese Students, [[underline]] which will probably extend [[/underline]] to all foreigners.
Same nagging [[underline]] bakseesh Arabs [[/underline]] everywhere. Drove around town which is much larger than I expected and counts some modern