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[[strikethrough]] tower is [[/strikethrough]] part is several miles wide but muddly [[sic]] like the Iriwaddy. The Burma Oil Co. have several refinerys near the shore where there is a harbor battery hid by green hills & a few shrubs. The slopes are of concrete neat & well made connected with the roadway by iron bridges. The streets are wide but the [[strikethrough]] wh [[/strikethrough]] buildings & environment look damp & sodden. I took rooms at the Strand Hotel. In the afternoon we had a very severe rain storm accompanied by strong wind but it only lasted a half hour. Cotton one of the passengers on the steamer down river & Mr. Smith Mgr. of the National Bank took me out at 5 PM. in Smith's motor to a temple near the zoo.