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and, as the junks and coast are well worth seeing out- 
side, I shall close. 
With love to you all — every one, 
Your ever affectionate son, 
Tom. 
S. S. Coptic, May 13, 1907. 
Dear Fred : 
Here we are almost in Shanghai, after a splendid 
passage of three and a half days, calm and cool. There 
are several very nice people on board, among them an 
Admiral and Mrs. Knox (U.S. N.); so I at once in a 
most tactful way brought in Admiral Frank Higgin- 
son, with the result that we have become bosom 
friends. It is such a blessing to feel chilly once more. 
I wear my plaid suit, Shetland jacket and thick coat 
and feel just pleasantly cool. The other night we ran 
through a fleet of Chinese junks and cut one in halves; 
it seemed dreadful as we never stopped, but the Cap- 
tain assured me that the unfortunate fishers were 
surely picked up by nearby friends. I had my green 
suit copied and it is a beauty, $45, supplying silk and 
making. I also had a black and white checked flannel 
suit made, as my old one simply had to be given 
away. When I was on the French boat, Touraine, 
coming from Saigon to Hong Kong, I saw some of the 
very latest French fashion books; in them were de- 
scriptions of very attractive dresses and suits. So I 
took one of the books (or, at least, it was given to me) 
and gave it to a Chinese tailor in Hong Kong and told 
him to copy exactly a certain suit in it, with the re- 
sult that he did, and I have a fine suit (coat lined with 
silk), made out of first class materia! and fits like a 
