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of coco palms, a fitting guardian to the "Gateway of the Far East".  The bay or harbor is very spacious about the size of S.F. Bay & [[strikethrough]] filled [[/strikethrough]] girthed by many tree clay islands of picturesque shape & often studded by villas.  The port closes at 6 P.M., so we could not get to the wharf at our late hour of arrival but dropped anchor in the bay 1 mile away from the [[strikethrough]] harbor [[/strikethrough]] wharf.

(30)  At 8 A.M. the medical inspection & passport examination took place & then we steamed into the dock at 9 A.M.  The docks here are very extensive & well made of stone.