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buildings set in park like spaces [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] [[?monumented]] by shadetrees. The lagoon in the center of the town is a charming bit of scenery. Everything is neat & there is no dirty native section The natives are called annanites & are Maylay in physique. They wear their teeth jet black by chewing [[strikethrough]] balde [[/strikethrough]] betel nut & have on this account ugly looking mouths. The women wear [[enormoust?]] flat crowned hats & the men smaller peaked ones. They are small people like the Chinese. Capt. Trowbridge accompanied us to Hanoi. Stopped at the Hotel Metropole a large building with few guests. The town is quite asleep the French men being away in Europe engaged in war.
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