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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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