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No[one] else will have a like Service.
We had a long day I saw Jade
Polished & cut also silk woven
I did not buy any silk as it seemed
A long way [?] it We bought
a very pretty silk embroidery
for a bed spread. And some old
silk embroideries for drapes but
I did not care to invest much
in this sort of thing. I wanted a screen
for my drawing room but hardly
fancy we will get it now. George did
not care for the Canton black work
as I did. We cannot ? & ?
Ronald got some embroidery for
his home he says. Ronald is not
a happy boy. but he will not be
helped by us. I wonder if it is his
love for Miss B that has estranged
him from his family. We go tomorrow
morning at 8 a.m. to Macau a
Portuguese settlement made 3 hundred
years ago & will sleep there one or
2 nights
We saw the [execution?] ground at
Canton and it made me very ill I was