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with a light breeze. Took lunch at the Castor Hotel, the only  one in town. It is small + neat +owned by an Englishman 
The coinage in Swatow is confusing + unreliable. The Hongkong money circulates at par, also mexican peso but the Chinese silver dollars are of various sorts + often at a discount as there is no uniform coinage backed by the government. The coinage is left to local banks for control. China shows [[such?]] contrast to Japan. There are no small tile roofed houses here but instead much diversity, the usual house being a largeone of several stories each with an overhanging portch.. The women dress diversely also + [[strikethrough]]look of[[/strikethrough]]several different types of physique are to be seen. This applies to the men equally, none were seen with ques, the hair being cropped short as in Japan