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as the outlying islands & coast of Maylay in the vicinity of Panang.  As the afternoon wore on these became more visible.  The whole day was overcast & gray with a balmy cooling head wind.  The sun sank in a golden mist of clouds without definite shape or strata for the play of colors.

(28)  All day we [[strikethrough]] pas [[/strikethrough]] plowed steadily at 13 knots thru calm smooth water without any swell.  Mts & hills of the Malay peninsula & islands were in sight all day.  At 5 P.M. we passed into Singapore Bay past a picturesque white lighthouse one small islet, the tower rising out of a girdle