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a ride on the cable car to the top of the hill at the Peak Hotel with Misses Hedges & Day. The town & bay looked very brilliant with its many lights. No movement of vessels of any [[?]]allowed in the harbour after dark so everything in the bay was quite stationary.
[[encircled]]13[[/encircled]]Spent the day at the hotel. At night took the ferry  & went over to Kowloon on the mainland. Here there are large houses & wide asphaltum street in European style. The Canton railroad terminates here. Misses Hedges & Day were with me. Weather very hot & sultry, temperature max 89
[[encircled]]Embarked on the start. Hailton for Foochow at 4P.M. as soon as we left HongKong the weather was cool & breezy in the channel & along the coasts