Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-21
NORWICH BOY RETURNS
 FROM cIRCLING THE GLOBE
George F. Bentley Has Been in Philip pines Over Three Years-Visited Australia, Soth Africa and Had Hunting "Trip There-At Kimberly Diamond Mines.

| Brown as a berry and talking Span ish as if it was his native tongue. | George F. Bentley has returned to Norwich after an absence of nearly l four years, most of which time has been spent in Manila, F. L,'sbut during
 the trip he has circled the globe and
 had the experiences of few men of his
 age.
 Leaving here with a three years
 contract with a watch concern at Man | fla he crossed the continent and spent l six months more than his contract | time in the metropolis of the Philip ! pines. In that city of 300,000 the nec- essity for speaking Spanish Is great and he was obliged to learn 1t and car-
 ried on, the sales for that portion of the population with his concern. He | found Manila to his liking, meeting
 many Americans there and making
 many close friends. He was sick but
 a very short time while there. He thinks the government Is accomplish ing much there but the people do not arpl eciate 1t. They think they are en- titled to more than they are getting ard ought to be Independent. The
 school system is doing much for them
 but it will take some time and have mcrc effect on the next generation. Living is very expensive there but
 wages are good and nearly everyone
 has his servants, who are hired cheap. He left there April IS, going first to Australia where he spent some time.
 Tn people there think there is no place like America and no people like An (rlcans for whom they cannot do
 tnv IT. uch. Practically everything is
 stamped there as being made in Am ecics.
 He had most interesting experiences I in China, and in all places he said he I. I 4,-atr <1A s.a oh Harrt aC
 he inv; riably found someone who could talk English, not being able to do much with the Chinese. Leaving his hotel one day for the station he got into rickshaw and soon became lost as the coolie was taking him, fin a wrong direction. Finally he halted the fei.ow and got out and as he did so
 ne saw two American women standing in a plaza. Each recognized the other as Americans and the women beckoned to him and told him they were lost. Not giving them an inkling to his being in the same fix he told them to get
 into the rickshaws which they did and blindly pointing ahead to the Cbinamen they turned a corner and they proved to be right at the station.
 He made & stop in South Africa and there had more than the usual tourists experience. He went to Kimberly where the American consul organized a hunting party of which he was a member and they went hundred miles inland an experience like Roosevelt Is having falling to their lot, although they did not see as many large ami mals. Many small ones, the largest being a six foot babboon, fell before tbem- About hundred blacks car ri d their trappings. The days thera are hot but the nights so cold that several blankets, drawn over the head even. are required on the welt.
 While at Kimberly he was privileged to go through several mines as well as the sorting houses of the diamond companies seeing the process of dia- n;0rd mining and sorting from start 10 fir lsh. About a million dollars worth of diamonds of all colors were ic one of the rooms he visited.
 From South Africa he took passage tJ Lordop and thence to New York having skipped all the storms on. his long trip. He was S3 days on the wa ter. He carried a camera with him and has many valuable pictures taken in the various countries he visited
 Ills account of experiences in China is most interesting. He will remain here .. few days before deciding which of several offers he will accept, as he has some excellent propositions under con sideration His many friends have been co, daily greeting him during the past t twu days.