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the place. This largely chemical + medical with geology  botany + zoology, seal was there working on the fish collection but he has all the invertebrate animals also on exhibition. [[illegible, struckthrough]] He showed me a window or screen made of a very thin flat clam of a pearly white translucent [[strike]] effect [[/strike]] appearance. These windows let in  considerable light and I saw some in use at the hotel + in several homes + clubs. Seal showed me a black coral used by Chinese for bracelets, also sponges. There were large king cobras from Luzon same as Indian species, also the deadly slender rice snake. Returned to hotel for lunch + dined with Youngling + the 2 [[Mounser?]] girls of S.F. Then we took a drive to Santa [[Cura?]]