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[[circled]] 13 [[/circled]]  The Teesta sailed at 2 P.M. with a full cargo & on a level keel without the great list she [[strikethrough]] once [[/strikethrough]] had on her way from Calcutta.  We have with us a full cargo of Chinese cooly deck passengers & a few Malays.  On the boat deck we have a lot of Chinese criminals as prisoners under a guard of bearded Shiks so now our promenade is not available.  The 1st class passengers are less than from Calcutta & half of them are new ones.  The weather was very fine & a smooth sea prevailed.  The whole afternoon we were in sight of land.  To the south of us some 20 miles loomed a large island surmounted by two small volcanic peaks.  The sun