, 1885-02-04
yICTUALS AND DRINK,
Al the Traveller Finds Them While
s%oiourning Abroad.
Ratabie- In the Orfenf-Ruropeau
butter and NtIk-The water
supply, Generally spsak-
lag. VERY Poor.


ifofNitn Cor' lutor OCenn
In Jar4n. China. and the eastern inaular
colonies. you cat three meals pcr day a good
substantial meat breakfast, a light tiifin OF
breai, cheese and fruit At I O'Clock, n a
heavy diriier at 7 or s The fruits Of singa-
for make thin tho most enjoyabls meal Of
The day there. Memories Of ~pins-applos,
bananas ranges. mnpgosteens, pomcloos,
cocoanuts. etc. make my mouth water even
now In India the same rule holds, but !
think the tiiin l. nearly always refsrrod To a.
lunch. Who'd you strike Egypt the nbomin-
Ahls Frsnch system Of cafe-au. lalt IN tho
morning Is encountered. varied some times as
a special luxury BY two soft-boiled eggs.
stopped al one Lovantino hotol where this
most unsatisfactory breakfast was actually
charged extra. Even on the French steam
ers TO the Orient two regular meals a day Is
rho rule. In the HimalayAa there aro six
neal IA d~ay--hazree, chnfie. haxroe, tiHin,
lunch and dinnor. Verify. tho round-the.
world stomach has TO endure everything.
Until Egypt was reached, ! enjoyed that
distinctive Oriental dish, rice and curry,
tt least once a day. and usually twice.
Everything In tho way Of meat Il curried In
India. from -hrimps to Wild goose
The butter and milk supplies were tho
most unsausfyinE Timed butter and con-
dsnsed min. from Switzerland or California,
prevail almost excluaiveiy throughout tho
Orient Tbs local goat and buffalo products
ars even worse. In some places n great
stroks Of enterprise has resulted In diaries,
as at Yokohama, but the supplies arc expen-
sive and decidedly inferior. The orthodox
COW dee. not flourish where punkahs aro
swung. The butter Is invariably white.
like lard, and unsalted. Il Is a ~tasteless
compromise between ta1low and axle
grease, and most OF the hotsls do
not atfempt 70 put IL On the table
moro than once a day-at noon-if they do
that often Othsrxiss tho resident foreign
people live wen, and three or four meat
courses are enjoyed by those In the most
moderate circumstances l enjoyed genuine
pumpkin pies at one or two missionary tables
In japan and China, and other American
dslicacica served without an ocean Of
crockcryl At the hospifabie boards Of some Of
our representatives IN Syria. Oatmeal.
griddle cakes, hot b~iscuits. ennuins pies, and
custnrda arr unknown out Of America, save
IN a few London and Paris restaurants,
where thcy are sometimes counferfcifod,
without tho success that might b. desired.
Pnpered rooms are unknown IN tho east
Froscu<r are found only IN the host hotels and
public buiidinnA The effort Is to exclude tia
iierco heat, and 70 this end bare =slls, ven
t~ilators, windows without glass, lofty rooms,
and all sorts Of t~hermantidotes are provided,
such as ! havs described in former lsttorA
The water supply IL poor, save whore mu-
inequalities have been At enormous expenss
70 construct usterworlz, a. al Hong Kong,
Singapore and Calcutta Citizens Of Canton
buy water by the barrel, which 4 brought
from The mountains by natives or up ths
river from Hong Kong on sieamerA Tha
local wells contain only .backizh wator,
which may be used In washing clothes and
dishes In the principal indian cities Il Is nd
ongsr necessary 10 drink boiled wafar,
owing to the excellent supplies furnished by
tho public waterworkz In Jaff4 the wnfaI
Il infolerably brAckikh- In Roustschnk III.
muddy Danube Is filtered and sold 10 ID.
native B~ulkadanA
In Vienna the wntsr-uorks arc very oxfan
ars. and the water the best that know Of
neing nearly ics-coid ON the hottest day. "a
Alden and a few similarly touid mundan.
reminders Of the doom OF wicked men. ID.
public wntsr supply l. obtained by condenzina
aud Disabling common 80 uhteF BY means o.
large engines This unpalatabls psodnct Il
then sold for As high - ) cents q gellog
Rains are TOO nre to be depended upon.
Filtered rain wafor Is used in Jerusalem
end II you want enough for a hath you mus
pay for IA extra
Drinking water seems to be furnishes
znariy ereryrhere outside Of America m .
haring bottle with q neck about an inch and
a half In diameter, and long enough to b.
comfortably gfaspsd In India Thee orer
arr made u pottery la order 70 keep I'd,
water cool. and IL L wonderful hoH we'll they
Eceomplish tbs considering the climate
Elsewhere the bottles arr Of glass. VARYING
s~sns~h.s n HhAraL