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They travel at a slow rate & use about 6 or 8 men on the treadmill at the stern. We reached Hong Kong at 3 P.M. There was one other passenger on board, Mr. Jacobson. A Dane in the lumber business who was a B.A.T. man formerly in Peking. As the Yinchow was not leaving until tomorrow at 10 A.M. I took rooms at the Hong Kong Hotel. [[circled]] 23 [[/circled]] Hartmann & I boarded the Yinchow at 9 A.M. She is a small C.N.C. cargo steamer of about 3,000 tons. A fresh breeze kept us cool on our way out. [[circled]] 24 [[circled]] At daylight we entered Swatow harbor and