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the vegetable varnish before mentioned, which is univers- 

 ally used for this purpose in China. I had, however, 

 the cabin and topsides painted white in addition, as 

 I thought it would be cooler. This answered very well 

 from my point of view, but was a failure in another, as 

 will be seen later on. 



