"Well here I am in Hong Kong. We arrived here this morning about 8:00 and I happened to have the first watch on the quarterdeck. Boy I never seen anything like it. You should have seen all the "Bum Boats" coming around and trying to sell their wares. I had all that I could possibly do to shoo them away from the gangway so that our own boats could come alongside. I had to wear my whites back there along with all the trouble that I had. I sure hope that I never have to stand another watch like that again as long as I live...The further south we came, the hotter the weather was. So I figured that I had better sleep on the "Top Side". So I got myself a cot out of the store room and put my blankets on it and a sheet and slept out under the stars...We are right close to Red China so you can see that we have to be on the alert most of the time."
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