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could invent.  Far out across the bay could be seen a ^ [[angry]] sea of pinnacled leaping waves apparently several feet tall & travelling directly away from across the bay, [[strikethrough]] not [[/strikethrough]] at right angles to the initial direction of the great bore.  After the bore passed the crowd dispursed elbowing & jamming each other thru the narrow streets of the Chinese village nearby.  Our party was captured by 6 Americans who were residents of Hangchow, 3 of them engaged in Standard Oil & 3 in the B.A.T. Co.