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We are to get to Nagasaki in the
morning about 6 a.m. As the vessel
coals here we will have a few hours.
This coaling is done by both men and
women. It is said to be the best and
quickest in the world. The coal is all
in small baskets, round, and handed
from hand to hand from the lighter
to the lader top. And it [is] wonderful
to see how quickly it passes from
one to another. The empty ones are passed
underneath. The coolies only get
wages at the rate of 5 cts a day.
Women and even children all work
26. alike. We got to the shore early at
8:25 so we have until three o'clock.
We walked over to the Dutch Settlement
which was the earliest in Japan
and saw the fish market. George
wanted to get peper [pepper?] boxes and
failing that would not let me get
anything. I wish we had laid
over here for 2 or 3 days. The harbour
is lovely and is said to be the Second
in the world. Sidney being first for
natural beauty.