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^[[155.]] [[letterhead]] ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL [[image - logo of Astor House Hotel: drawing of a dragon]] W BRAUEN MANAGER TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS "ASTOR" CODES USED A.B.C. 5TH EDITION WESTERN UNION Astor House Shanghai [[/letterhead]] Oct. 18th /09 Dear Colonel Hecker- I arrived here last evening after a very tiring railroad journey of about 800 miles from Peking to Hankow and a most perfect steamboat trip of about 600 miles from Hankow to Shanghai. Six days were required for the 1400 miles, but frequent stops were ^[[189]]