No night while we stayed in Nagasaki was more disturbed than the first one. There were several bedrooms and occasionally one or twal were occupied by Chinese or Japanese guests. These were alw: unobtrusive as we were ourselves and we have the pleasantest_mem-ones of our stay. Possibly it is not always thus. There were no transports in the harbour while wel were there and we gathered that) our host depended on those passing ships for his trade. A battleship was launched by the third son of the Emperor and for this ceremony there came several ships of the Japanese navy. Many sailors were ashore but none of them came to the Golden Engle. We had peaceful days and experience of those patronising the hotel. Nevertheless, I should be surprised if anything really offensive ever happened in the place where we spent several happy dave,
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