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The Suez Canal had been opened a few years earlier. This made the journey from Glasgow to Rangoon shorter.' media[5]='

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Some of the places mentioned in the diary.' media[8]='

Great grandpa had beautiful handwriting.' media[9]='

The Suez Canal

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James must have seen this pagoda in Rangoon.' media[11]='

' media[12]='James brought back this silver topped cane from Burma.

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Here is James with his wife and children.' media[15]='

James was one of the last men to be made a Burgess in Dumbarton.' media[16]='Mr James McArthur, Ironmonger, Roundriding Road, Dumbarton on his own application was duly admitted and received a Burgess of this Burgh.
Extracted forth of the Records of the Town Council of Dumbarton ~ By me
Town Clerk
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