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Capt. Haycroft thru the country by way of the Sea View Hotel.  The waterfront here furnishes good bathing on clean pebbly beaches.  We passed thru ^[[several]] miles of low mangrove swamps then many rubber planters the trees about 6 years old or so & all with enamel cups attached to the base at the termination of the scars out of which the milky sap trickles slowly.  Much of the country [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] is planted to coco palms which formed a solid forest on either side of the road.  Some mangosteens trees were seen on the roadside.