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[[underline]] food [[/underline]] and [[underline]] courtesy [[/underline]] of every man on board of ship. Ship and rigging [[underline]] kept well painted [[/underline]] and in very good condition. [[underline]] What a difference with my experience in American run ships of 10 years or more ago. [[/underline]] or with [[underline]] S.S. Callao [[/underline]] with which I returned from [[underline]] Rio. This ship is far superior to any French, Japanese, or Dutch ship in which I travelled lately. [[/underline]]  Flying fish - saragossa weed and an [[underline]] occasional [/underline]] turtle in the [[underline]]Gulf stream.[[/underline]] Evening Captain's dinner table d'hote .. well served afterwards [[underline]] concert [[/underline]] and [[underline]] dancing [[/underline]] everything [[underline]] very decorous [[/underline]] and orderly.
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[[underline]] July 24 [[/underline]] Slight haze but sunny, slightly cooler. Afternoon 2 P.M. [[underline]] Nantucket [[/underline]] Light Ship
Long talk with Captain [[underline]] Paul C. Grening, [[/underline]] Commander of SS. Harding; Great admirer of [[underline]] Pupin's Autobiography. [[/underline]]
July 25. Up at 4.00 A.M. At anchor before Quarantine Station. Pleasant weather. [[underline]] Celine, George B. [[/underline]] and [[underline]] George R^[[oll]] [[/underline]] at [[underline]] station [[/underline]] with [[underline]] Packard Limousine. Got slip to go ahead of everybody for custom examination [[/underline]] which was quickly attended to.  Drove home with [[underline]] Celine. [[/underline]] Am told everything is well. [[underline]] All presents have arrived [[/underline]] except bamboo poles, two boxes [[underline]] Annamite [[/underline]] things of [[underline]] Saigon, [[/underline]] and [[underline]] Batik [[/underline]] and [[underline]] Gongs from Soerabaya. [[/underline]] Nina and all grandchildren in camp