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They extend for 2 miles along the waterfront & a fair number of ships were in the harbor, British, Danish, & Dutch from Java & Borneo.  I went with Hartmann & Bridge in a motor to Raffles Hotel where we took rooms.  The hotel faces the waterfront & has an extensive lawn in front.  The climate is cooler than Calcutta due to sea breezes & the spacious harbor.  Rickshaws pedalled by husky Chinamen are the common conveyance the motor cars being hired by the hour at $3. or 4.00.  In the late afternoon we took a motor ride with