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[[possible strikethrough]] [[circled left]] 27 [[/circled left]] [[/possible strikethrough]] In the late PM I visited the custom house. They have a good library & many London magazines. In the goods shed they have a series of samples of all medicines food products, textiles etc. which pass thru. I saw here for the first time the edible bird's nest. The nest was saucer shaped & flat on the side where it had been attached to a wall. It was opaque waxy cream color & without any disagreeable or fishy odor. Shark fins, skinned & transparent amber color were here also. Passing thru the customs I saw 2 pair of Sambur horns in the velvet, about bare grown ones. These are very valuable for medicine & worth when fresh & large 50 tales. When hard they have no value as medicine practically & fully grown horns are only worth 1 tale a pair. Several bundles of muntjac skins were also passing thru

Transcription Notes:
by "tale" he means "tael", a traditional Chinese currency