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them.  The boats are hired at $8.00 for the night by party of friends who engage a stringed Chinese fiddle orchestra of 4 men & 2 or more singing girls.  The girls sing to the weird squeaky fiddles in a high voice and the affair is interesting but not enjoyed by a European.
The girls are young & pretty as Chinese go.  Between acts the party dines & wines & the boat is of large size & comfortable.  These affairs must be arranged beforehand.  I saw a single auto, the only one here on the Bund which is a wide road [[strikethrough]] face [[/strikethrough]] flanking the river & the only one at Canton where a motor has