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Wednesday 10 October 1917
Rose 6 a.m., bath, tea & motor trip to Mt. Lavinia 7.15 to 8.30 a.m., best of all our doings. Long tree shaded street with every description of cottages & fine buildings on either side. Many people hastening to the temple to lay an offering of a bright flower on the altar (?) before Buddah. Mt. Lavinia large hotel facing ocean. 5000 Boer prisoners kept in enclosure nearby after Boer War. Inspected lace making & bought hdkfs. 1/8. Then went into Temple & listened to life of Buddaha before & during, most interesting. 10 a.m. took rickshaw to town, shopped, then photos on way back. Visited Christ Church – as usual – took group of native children just out of school, then lunch 1 p.m., paid 9/3 photos & films, boat again 3 p.m. & our glorious 24 hrs. over but never to be forgotten. 4 Jap war boats in harbour & one of ours which I snapped as she glided by. We are once more at sea again & Colombo like a gem of the ocean fades away astern.

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