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the garden.

After dinner we went to the Chinese hotel [[strikethrough]] in [[/strikethrough]] situated in the new city outside the walls [[strikethrough]] near [[/strikethrough]] opposite Shameen.  They are of several stories with central rooms for dining facing the main stairway.  Here we saw parties of Chinese men & some girls dancing & playing the [[strikethrough]] ba [[/strikethrough]] guessing game for wine drinking.
Recently fantan gambling palaces have been opened in the same neighborhood.  These bore in gilt letters the English words "First Class Gambling House & the name of the owner.  Fantan was played on a large table by the Chinese who [[strikethrough]]le[[/strikethrough]] place their money on 1, 2, 3 or 4 & if they win they receive