The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-03-24
WALTER D. TUSTEN WRITES SISTER
Of HIS TRIP TO JERUSALEM
Former Abbeville Man on Trip Around World
Sees Many Things of Interest-Glves Ac-
count of Visit to Historical Points and
Places of Interest

ter or cement, and all floors are tile,
also the roofs and none of the walls
even on the one story structures are
less than eighteen inches thick; and
I am told that white people a not
live In these ATTITUDES in houses diff
ferently constructed.
Now if you will consult a map you
will find that Singapore is on the
end of the Malay peninsular and
seems to be on the equator, but it is
not exactly on it, being just n de-
gree north which is so miles distant,
and of course the climate is almost
the same the entire year; the varia-
ton being about four degrees be-
tween January and July. We saw on
our first evening something that was
quite new to US; both in the dining
room and in our bed rooms, little liz
ards about four inches long and a
light green color, running all over
walls and ceiling and they make a
peculiar sound something like the
barking of a squirrel and almost as
loud; they are called Chechaws.
! Anne was very much excited about
them but her mother assured her they
were harmless and her fears were
soon dispelled.
, We learned that they were very
useful little animals as they live on
flies, spiders, mosquitoes, etc., and
assist greatly in destroying such
pests; have frequently watched
them and it is seldom that a fly lights
on wall or ceiling that he is not
caught.
I There is more rubber produced on
the Malay peninsular and in Sama-
ira than anywhere else in the world
and Singapore is the distributing
point. We saw rubber milk taken
from the tree and 60 through the
process Of c~onjealing, combing, mas
ticating, rolling, etc., until it reached
the final process Of smoking when it
becomes the pure commercial article,
and it was most interesting.
| We also saw here all kinds of spices
growing such as cinnamon, cloves,
black and white pepper, nutmegs, in
digo, etc. and of curse all tropical
fruits such as mangoes, bananas,
monkey nuts, guavas, papies, jock
fruit, etc. Cocoanuts Of cours are
everywhere, there are more cocoanut
trees than all others combined ex-
cept rubber trees.
We also visited the quaint and in
teresting capital Of the Sultan of
Johore about twenty miles out by
train and boat; he has a beautiful
palace and mosque and quite a nice
little city in his dominion.
From Singapore we sailed for Java
and of course crossed the equator
en- route; M of the ships officers
tried tn convince Anne that there was
a decided bump perceptible when our
ship struck it, but do not think she
was convinced. We reached Tandjong
Prick the port of Batavia in about
IS hours and proceeded by automo-
bile to Welteweden (the upper town)
where the hotels are located. It was
Sunday morning about II o'clock
when we arrived and we were almost
Frustrated by the heat, it was some
thing terrible but after taking a cold
bath in the manner prescribed, we
sat on III private porch under the
shadow Of a huge banysn tree and
felt somewhat more comfortable.
Late in the afternoon we took an
automobile ride about the city and
stopped at an amusement park and
there we saw the native Javanese
life IN all its glory and were much
amused and entertained.
Java is owned by the Dutch and
~Javanese, none Of the Javanese know
a word of English nor Dutch either,
and the first thing a Dutchman has
to do when he arrives there from
Holland is to learn Javanese. The no.
tells are very good for people who
understand Malay or Javanese, but
other wise it is impossible to get e r
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