Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-01-13
The Cruise Around the World.
Continued from First page.

do not think that one inch of ground
was allowed -"l waste. Rice
fieldsa hills to the
very top otle mountain
stream made to soak the
rice fields, wattg :. ohe one terrace
and then passing g <. to the next.
There are tea-fields, cocoanut groves,
bread fruit trees, and cocoa trees the
bean of which makes the cocoa you
drink. / don't believe there is use
less tree or bush around. Everything
growing something to eat on it and
where do the people live? for we seem
to be in one endless forest but right
among the trees as far as you can see
is neat little huts or houses. Most of
them look as if they were made of
white cement and are neat and clean,
the natives looking slick and happy.
What contrast with India but up
and up we go until at last we arrive at
Kendy and here again we are met at
the station with an abundance of car
riages and Kickshaws to take us around
the town, but where is the town don't
see any, but where did all these rigs
come from but we pile in and start
somewhere, it all looks like woods, but
here We are going through the fine
botanical gardens and now we find the
town, good streets and some fine bung-
allows all nesting under the trees, CO.
coanut and other fruit-bearing trees.
Men, women and children, thick
everywhere, and while we are seeing
something, 80 are they. I don't sup
happy and hustlng crowd in their
lives and all wanting to do something
for the Americans, they had heard of
but never saw before. At noon we
took lunch at the Queens Hotel and a
good one it was too. After lunch
while strolling around the hotel lady
and a gentleman stopped me, they
looked like Americans, "Can you
tell US where to find Judge LaBar ?"
answered, Yes, think / can. "Oh,
are you Mr.. LaBar?n "Yes." Where
is Mr.. Felt and Matteson "Mr.
Dickson, OF Ridgway said you would
be here and we have been hunting for
you" L find here so far away from
home we find friends anxious to see
US. Mr.. G. o Hecka and wife, nee
Miss Hartan, of Ridgway. Were they
glad to see some one from home? well
l think so. Now comes the hardest
tug ofal we must 60 to their villa and
stay all night with them, which we
would gladly Go if we thought we
could but we have to refuse firmly but
kindly. Now for another ride al 7ut
Kendry, went to the Temple of the
Sacred Tooth Of Buda, but could not
see the tooth, as it is most securely
locked. We went to the river to see
the elephants bathing, which was a
novel sight to most of us, but all days
come to an end so after dinner at the
hotel, we go aboard the cars and leave
Kendy behind US and at eleven p. m.
climb aboard the cleveland" and
seek our beds tired but happy.
November %, 1906.
We are up bright and early again
and after breakfast we land and take
carriages and Rickshaws for a ride
about Colombo; saw some very fine
gardens, some old temples, one old
temple, gentleman told me about,
but did not go to it, there is great
large image of Buda, all around it were
pictures representing the different
kinds of hell. If you abused your
wife you went to this hell, if you abus-
ed an animal you went to this hell, If
you killed horse you went to this
hell and SO on through the catalogue
of hells. Well, thought had better
not go as l might have hell of time.
In the afternoon we took car ride of
seven miles to Lanima Beach and ho-
tel and spent most delightful after
noon hanging around the seashore,
buying things from the natives. At
four p. m. we started for the boat
again. forgot to state this ride was
along the seashore on one side, and
beautiful little cottages nesting among
the palm :trees on the other side but
beauty cannot last for ever any more
than misery can so we are again aboard
the steamer for another nights rest.
November %, 1909.
This morning we are sent adrift on
our own hooks, to do and go as we
pleased so we put in the day shopping
and looking about till near night when
we again board the "Cleveland" and
at five p. NJ, amid the playing of bands
we take our departure from Columbo,
Ceylon, the beautiful, where they have
mined precious stones for the last