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Later we went to the Tea Hotel one cliff above the city + took tea . Boarded steamer at 6:30 but went ashore again with Beanfeldt to dine at Oriental Hotel. The steamer was loading potatoes + onions in large crates for Manila. These were all raised in Japan.
[[circled]] 2 [[/circled]] weather at night so rough that barges broke away + could not load so we had to wait until morning to load which kept us here until noon . Left Harbor of Kobe at 12 P.M. Weather sunny with cool breeze. During the afternoon we plowed our way thru the inland sea of Japan amid smooth water within a