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Immediately after breakfast we started out with Mrs. Young in 
her car. Our first stop was at Tai's Linen Shop, where Bill picked 
out some handkerchiefs and I got two ecru linen luncheon sets. The 
hadnwork on them was beautiful, and Mr. Tai wanted to know if I 
would like the napkins monogrrmmed. I said that would be very 
nice, but there was not time. However, he assured me that he could 
have them monogrammed, and Bill's hankies as well, and down to the 
ship by two o'clock. The two sets came to about ill, end the sixteen 
monograms were finished, and delivered to us at the customs jetty 
at two. 
From Tai's we went to the Zoo, a pretty little place, although 
most of the animals were huddled away from the cold, in little houses 
well covered with straw and thatch. Floyd Smith met us there, and 
took us around. Bill was much interested in a pair of blue sheep that 
belong to Smith, and made a deal to buy them later on. 
Our next stop was to see Pere Piel, and his Pere Heude Museum. 
We srw a mr rvelous' archeological collection, of ancient Chinese art, 
and also the entomological collection, which is housed in the neatest 
insect cabinets I have ever seen. It was delightful to see the old 
priest, but Bill was feeling pretty shaky, and the museum was cold 
as the Antarctic, so we hurried him away. 
We had a brief drive through the native city, pretty Repressing 
with its endless acres of poverty, and millions of human beings living 
in hovels and sampans. The water front was lined with junks, mFn y 
of them with enormous eyes painted on the bow, and here, we were told, 
thousands of persons live all their lives. Meals were being cooked 
and laundry washed on board the wretched little boats. 
We had a momentary glimpse at the Museum of the Royal Asiatic 
Society, and saw Mr. and Mrs. Sowerby again. Then we were hurried off 
to the New Asia Hotel, where our Chinese friends had planned a 
luncheon for us. We had nine or ten courses of perfectly delicious 
food, much tastier to our palates than the rather fiat Japanese menus. 
There was roast duck, roast quail, ham, octopus, shrimps, abalone, 
Pelin duck (crisp duck skin served on bamboo curd patties}, various 
mixed stews of fish or meat with vegetables, three soup courses, one 
of shark's fin soup, one of bird's nest (the saliva of swallows; and 
pigeon's eggs, and one of mushroom. With it we drank numerous glasses 
of Chinese wine, and were disappointed because we had to rush away 
before the rice course in order to make our boat. 
We just made the tender, and sailed at three on the Corfu. 
February 17 - At Sea 
From time to time all day we could see fleets of Chinese junks, 
some with quite elaborate rigging, and some with one almost square _ 
sail of rice-straw matting. In the morning Bill counted 15d all in 
sight at the same time. The islands in thee distance looked desolate 
and forbidding, but apparently they support a Urge population of 
fishermen. 
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In the evening we came into HongKong harbor. When we came 
up on deck after dinner, there were thousands of lights twinkling 
merrily at us from the mountain side, and the fairy-land picture i 
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