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hot toast instead of dry bread, drink only boiled water
even brush teeth only in hot water, etc. Dined with Dr.
and Mrs. B.T. Galloway, of the United States Department
of Agriculture.

October 7th.
After breakfast started directly for the American Consulate
but got caught on the way by some shops, the upshot being
that I bought a pair of grotesquely carved wooden candlesticks,
a pair of shoes, and an extra suit case for my accululating
possessions. Started an article for The Progressive Farmer,
and lunched with Mr. Curtis, Editor of the Kobe Herald, his
wife and daughter. Worked on article in afternoon. At 6:30
tried to catch boat for Miyajima, but finding all berths ta-
ken, decided to stop at Oriental Hotel over night, catching
early train for Miyajima tomorrow.

October 8th.
Left Kobe at 7:00. Met on the train Miss Margaret Maxwell, a
newspaper correspondent and globe-trotter, special contributor
to Scribner's Magazine. Landing at Miyajima Station at 3:40,
we proceeded by primitive thatched sampan to the Mikado Hotel.
Worked further on my article.

October 9th.
After breakfast walked to temple and over town with Miss Max-
well, who talked with considerable freedom about moral con-
ditions in Japan (which she thinks are very bad) and else-
where in the Orient. She left after tiffin. Finished my dinged