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set in a blaze of red & gold clouds & later the flickering light of a light house was the only evidence of land in the darkness. [[circled]] 14 [[/circled]] Weather is still fine & the sea smooth but we are now out of sight of land. We have as a passenger to Hong Kong one Mr. Powell an ex-manager of Chinese territory who speaks Cantonese but not Mandarin. He has also been a officer on coast steamers & has visited Hainan Island often. On one occasion he made a journey into the interior from Hoikoy with the British consul, a Japanese & an American missionary.
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Capital of Hainan Island is Haikou - could that be the "Hoikoy" he writes about?