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As we were leaving Hong Kong the search lights from a war vessel swept over our decks every five minutes.  This boat & the ferry are the only ones allowed to move in the harbor after sunset.
[[circled]] 21 [[/circled]]  At daylight we entered the Canton shipping & as we neared the Bund the river boats in great numbers were already active.  The many storied buildings give Canton quite an imposing foreign appearance from the river front.  After taking breakfast on the boat I went ashore & took a rickshaw to the Victoria Hotel situated in Shameen, the European division on an islands at the riverside.

Transcription Notes:
Shameen = Shamian Island