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to the ship about 1 P.M. leaving a good number ashore who broke away. The town is a fine one of good buildings & wide streets considering the native element being so prominent. At first we strolled along being accosted at every step by native to buy tobacco & curios being the most mentioned. We reached the post office & wrote several post cards home being attended to by a very civil attendant who procured pens & bought our stamps etc We then took Rickshaws to the Galle Face Hotel a palatial establishment on the ocean Beach when I got outside a large bottle of English Beer Then were taken through the Malay quarter back to the town centre. Entering a shop with the idea of buying something small I finished up by buying 2 dressing jackets & a silk scarf for my mother sister and sister-in-law respectively. We had a great go in our prices ending up by tossing up over a disputed shilling at which I won. Cost me 26/- in all and 1/1 postage. From here we took a Rickshaw to the native quarter & passed through the markets, getting a man to describe the different fruits & vegetables & showing us how to chew Betel nut. We bought Plantains & Pineapples to value of 3/- having beaten them down in price somewhat. Returning we had dinner at the Bristol Hotel