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air numerous. The man-eatin' tigel
IL awlso found In this island. though
hit IL now 80 thickly settled that they
prowl only in small sections. / hope
TO kill some big game, SIGH az lions
tigers an elefants. but will wait
until | reach India, fer this island 4,
small an I want plenty ov room
when | chase big game; IL a lion
tiger or elefant should git after me
near the seashore I mite jump into
the sea an git drowned. They hev
a variety ov fiyin' foxes here, similar
to the fyin squirrels in America.
They look az large az a buzzard
when fyin: in fact they air larger
than a buZzard fer they often meas
ure four feet from tip to tip.
The population ov Ceylon IL rather
mixed and the country iz full ov
rovers-and rascals. II you hev not
cut your eye-teeth they will rob you
an you a lookin' at them. Every
time you buy anything or pay a bill
they will overcharge or short-change
you II they can. This IL easy because
ov the fact that the currency ov the
country IL not staple, and, then, too,
they take advantage ov your ignor-
ance az to discounts which might be
fair. They even discount American
or English gold coin in maxim
change, which should not be allowed
anywhere. They know an practice
a job lot ov tricks which orter be
stopped rite short off.
In travelling through some of these
furrin countries you find nifty guide
drinkin' water; in others you find
the other sort Ceylon belongs in the
last class. You can buy bottled and
mineral waters sed ter be pure. But
they do not quench your thirst. In
the best hotels they claim that the
drinkin' water hez bin boiled. But
these furriners, some ov them, air
SIGH liars that you soon lose conf
dence in awl their claims onless you
kin see fer yourself. At times I'd
give at least ten cents fer a new
gourdfull ov water from a nice
North Carolina spring whar the water
comes gushing out from erway back
in a big, rocky hill, an IL clear,
sweet and cold. The man who lives
in any portion ov the world that
lacks a full supply ov real guide
simply exists fer awhile ter ward off
funeral expenses-and then, he dies
without struggle an goes hopin'
fer better things. But guide water
IL scarce in probably half ov the
world. Even in many sections ov
fer instance, good water IL az scarce
az hens teeth. And hit IL pity.
Penang, a large city on the Maylay
peninsula, four hundred miles north
ov Singapore, and Singapore itself,
air the leadin' tin markets ov the
world, it bein' mined nearby. Tin,
like glass, ig one ov the cheapest
products ov the earth, an yet the
two articles air awlmost indispens-
able in the homes ov both rich an
poor.
About three-fourths ov the tin
used In the world IL shipped from
Singapore and Penang. The United
States buys ten an a half million
dollars worth ov tin each year. In
addition the United States buys six
million dollars worth of other pro-
ducts from India and from Maylay
ports, grand total ov more than
sixteen million dollars. In exchange
India and nearby islands buy but a
little more than a million dollars
worth ov American products annual
ly. This IL simply one ov the natural
inequalities found in international
trade. There air two causes: One
liz that the people ov India and
Maylay air comparatively poor and
a majority ov them air slothful an
live way back in the backwoods. The
population ov India and the Maylay
Islands combined liz nearly five times
az great az the population ov the
United States an yet a majority ov
the population would regard our
cheapest necessities az expensive
Injuries an they can manage to get
/
other cause IL the fact that India IL
now under English rule and England
naturally manages to sell the people
most ov what they do not produce
and manufacture, be hit what hit
may. But when a famine visits In
dia and the feedin' a portion ov her
three hundred millions ov people be-
comes a world problem. the United
States whacks up. And hit liz rite
that she should.
Ceylon IL rich In the variety an
quality of gems found in the country.
Nearly awl ov the precious gems
mentioned In the Bible air found
here, air plentiful, In fact. This in
cludes rubies, sapphires, diamonds,
emeralds, amethysts, alexanderites,
opals, etc. Some ov the finest speci.
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