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Oct. 25 Yokohama 7 am. The sun rise over the snow
mountain back of Yokohama gave it a strange
appearance. The bay with is strange boats flat
and filled to overflowing with strangely clad people
The jacket seems to be of consequence, as often the
boatmen have only a loin cloth & the legs
are quite bare - their coats of cloth or cotton
are printed with a central figure in the middle
of the back. Often the sun is so represented.
Our ship the Empress of India we left with regret.
Captain Marshall certainly did all in his power
to make the best of the journey in spite of a very
rough sea. In fact on Sunday morning we were at
9 oclock, 30 miles out of our course. And far too
near the rocky shore - when the fog lifted and land
was not a mile away. The ship was quickly, put out
to sea, and all felt what a narrow escape, had been
ours Captain Marshall, read the service beautifully,
in fact I have seldom heard, a more beautiful
service at sea. We parted with our fellow passengers
and except Mr. & Mrs. Brindley of Tokoi Japan
Mr. & Mrs. Whitney of New York who go to Siam for the
shooting. Mr. Whitney wrote The Barrow Lands which first
came out in Harpers. Mr. & Mrs. Rose go pretty much
our same route, and are staying with us at the
Grand Hotel Bund faceing the sea.