Douglas Island news., 1910-07-27
AROUND THE WORLD Dr.. Simpsons Story of His Visits to the Countries of the
 Old World
Continued from last week.


 In the butterfly section were thou. sands of butterflies of different Vari- eties-some were no larger than fly, others were foot across. They were absolutely dazzling. There were dozens of different kinds of bats; there were flying dogs, flying foxes, flying fishes and flying squirrels. There were mud sharks, man-eating sharks, ham. mer-headed sharks and many others. There were stuffed elephants and skele- tons of elephants, stuffed tigers and skeletons of tigers. The collection of precious stones was wonder. Gut stones and stones in the rough; pieces of jade and emerald half as big as your fist. moonstones as large as an orange. There is the turtle or tortoise which lived to be more than 200 years old; there are hundreds of snakes; hundreds of fishes of as many colors as the but terAies; thousands'of insects and thou sands of birds. There were dozens of butterflies and other insects which iml- tated plants, twigs or leaves; many could not be distinguished from the twig or leaf until your attention was called to it and you examined it closely. will say nothing of the old paintings, the gods and goddesses, the sacrifcial stones, suter stones, bows and arrows, darts, spears, swords, battleaxes. shields and armor.
 Ceylon was first occupied by the Portagese, then by the Dutch, then by the English. There are old churches, both Portugese and Dutch, with very interesting church yards and tombs.
 The native quarter is interesting but dirty. The markets have splendid lot of fruit. ! tried dozen kinds, but they all tasted to me either like ban anas or muskmell0n, and as hate both I of those ! never relished the fruit of India or Ceylon. There are great many beautiful villas and several pretty lakes in the suburbs of Colombo. There are great many jewellers here and many have large stocks, but ex- perts say that it is rare to find gem here without a flaw. Jn passing through that part of the park where there was nothing but cinnamon 1 never caught the cinnamon smell The only way l could get it was by crushing the leaves.
 Colombo was quite warm, but there was sea breeze and the fan helped me out at night. The noises of the birds and the street noises prevented any sleep after a. m.
 After few days in Colombo we left on the S. s. Nubia for Calcutta. It was pleasant trip. Outside the mouth of the HooglY we took on pilot. This IS very important parsonage. He comes aboard in immaculate linen, patent feathers and ploves, with his valet be. hind carrying grip. The Hoogly, like many other rivers in India, changes its course or channel frequently. It is one of the mouths of the Ganges. Every day soundings are taken from Calcutta to the mouth and every night each pilot gets report. There are telegraph stations every few miles along the river where reports are made.
 When ! reached the mouth of the Hoogly I thought of the story that old man Byers used to tell in the Cover House hotel, London. A sailing vessel had unloaded it's cargo here and down in the hold was a pile of cogdwood or dunnage. The tail of Q big snake was sticking out from under the pile. They