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8th Ronald quite ill all night, too much water.
He feeds badly and is not carful of what he eats.
All morning I put up the things for Canada.
3 trunks and made lists of the things to go back
in case Ronald has to pay duty. Went to
greenhouse about plants for Canada &
got market catalogue. Did not go out
until evening to send some flowers to Mrs
Steadman with our cards.
We leave at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow
9 Got up in good time and was all ready I
thought. In the end we missed our train &
found ourselves at the station just as the train
pulled out. Had to wait until 11:30 a.m.
The car was full and the journey seemed long.
Reached our hotel late at 6:40p.m.. A lovely moonlight
night. The town was Shidyuoko, a strange
hotel only 4 rooms for foreigners and a
small diningroom. One side filled with lovely
cage like baskets made of split bamboo. After
dinner we went for a walk through the
main street of the town. Saw a fine temple 2 miles from town.
10 We got up early, walked through the town
and got a little bit of egg shell lacquer
our sole purchases in that town. While we were
in the shop about a hundred people stood