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give him a certificate on leaving your ships to the effect that he has not eaten food prepared by the ship's cook bui by his own cook Thanking you in anticipation,
Yours faithfully,
Thos. Cook & Son. I boarded the steamer with the above letter. I had arranged with the P & O Steam Navigation Co. that I would be allowed to have an iron stove of my own. I had paid an extra amount of Rs. 100 for that arrangement. When I changed boats at Aden, the stove was brought to the second steamer. The amount of Rs. 100 is a bit too high for just one stove. However, the P & Co. gave an explanation which I send Herewith.
Nathu Manchhachand was with me. I needed him for cooking, etc. For the first two days Nathu * was sea sick, so we could not cook for two days. We had some sweets which we used during these days. On the third day, we started cooking. The sea after Aden was smooth and we had no difficulty in cooking. At Aden, we boarded a second steamer. The captain of the first ship gave us a certificate about our food. I enclose it.
* Shri Nathu Manchhachand was from Mahuva. He went to America with Shri Virchand Gandhi to cook for him. He presented mgic shows there. Shri Ravishankar Raval, the founder of a Gujrati Magazine 'Kumar' has mentioned in his autobiography, his magic show in Bhavnagar. For further details see 'Mahuva-ni-Asmita' edited by me.
Bombay, 3rd August, 1893 M/s. Thos. Cook & Son,
Bombay.
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