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enough to see there to justify the
trip; as the natives and their GUS
toms greatly resemble the Malays in
essential respects, n is not thrilled
with that pleasure which comes from
seeing new people.
We were however compensated to
a great degree by the sunset we wit
messed between Java and Singapore
while sailing in both directions.
had never dreamed that such beauty
could be produced by the setting of
the sun, to describe it is impossible,
but if I possessed the talent of a
painter, I feel quite certain that
should willingly spend years of my
life endeavoring to reproduce these
marvels Of color on canvas, and if
my. efforts were only fairly success,
full it would be sufficient compensa-
ton,
Landed again in Singapore I learn
ed that a ship of the British India
Co. (the Ekma) was to sail for Ran
COON Burma in four days so we
booked passage and made ourselves
comfortable in the Raffles Hotel to
await her departure.
She was the smallest ship that we
had travelled on for a long distance,
but the food and service officers and
fellow passengers we're quite salts
factory and our voyage was quite
pleasant, only married to some ex-
tent by Marie being in bed for a
few days with Dangere fever con.
tracted in Java or Singapore, and
when we stopped at Penang she was
not able to 60 ashore; Anne and
went however and found it most in
teresting from many points of view
and we sailed again the same after
noon reaching Rangoon 8 days la.
ter when Marie was able to 60 ashore
and after spending a few days there
and taking medicine prescribed by q
very good doctor we were able to
proceed to Calcutta India.
Rangoon is the capital of Burma
and seat of government and has a
population of about 100000 Of whom
! about 100000 are Burmese, 10000
Hindus, $4,000 ~Mohamedans, 25,-
1000 Christians and a few thousand
Chinese, and our stay there was full
of interest as we saw new people,
different kinds of temples of worship,
native life, etc., from what we had
seen elsewhere.
The men Of Burma wear very lit
tie clothing, in fact a loin cloth is
the predominating style, varied OF
course with the loose drapery worn
about the waist and legs seen every
where throughout the east; but the
women of Burma are a different pro-
! position, they are well covered from
head to foot and wear in addition
draperies of light beautifully colored
stuff (silk, etc., about their heads
and shoulders and sometimes extend
ing below the waist, presenting an
appearance both picturesque and
charming, but as all the Burmese
women are ~inyeterate smokers and
also users of the beetle nut they are
not very tempting in appearance
they smoke cigars all sizes from IL
inche in diameter and four inches
long to one inch in diameter and eight
inches long, and the larger sizes pre-
dominate, it strikes you very funny
when you first see it.
I went ashore in Rangoon for the
first time about 10 o'clock at night
and my attention was attracted to
people sleeping on door-steps, on
porches, side walks any and every
where, and I afterwards learned
that the law permitted a person to
sleep wherever he wished out of
doors, and that he could not be COM
PEELED to vacate unless he is provided
by person making complaint with
another place to sleep; not a bad law
when you think of the points involv-
ed.
There are many pagodas in and
about Rangoon but the most import
ant hpa Ia fha Eraat Showa Daoon