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even higher.  Had I put my money in Hong Kong dollar last year I would now have 28% advance.
[[circled]] 27 [[/circled]]  This morning we found ourselves amid red muddy water due the Capt. said to the ground swell stirring up the bottom as the depth here is only 5 or 6 fathoms.  In appearance it looked very much like the water of a river.  Our course lay close in shore all day behind the bare coast islands which dot the coast here.  Weather less windy but white tops were still running.
Capt. Gibbs of the Yingchow is a very pleasant fellow and loves
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