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This captain does not like his men to
talk to the passengers and says the
officers have their duty to perform. When
they are not at work the ought to be in bed.
The poor fellows dare not enjoy them
selves in fear he will dismiss them.
We are told that when a captain does not
like any of his officers he just gets them
sent to the Empress of Japan and Captain
Lea sees that they do their work or go.
I never saw more stewards on any ship
so different to the Empress of India where
everything was done for the passengers
and to make them like the company.
Captain Lea says he is a personal friend
of Van Loring and his business is to manage
the ship. The passengers are not
on his mind. We expect to get off
early in the morning to go up to Shanghai
as we did not get the pilot last night.
at 4 p.m. we are not sure if we will
get another today for are behind
some a day. A heavy bar prevents
ships going within 90 miles of Shanghai so
we may not have more than an