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fore tasted, aud did not even know by name. He also showed us 

 much of great interest to dwellers in the tropics. The next day 

 we were in Singapore where we remained a week awaiting a steamer 

 for Batavia, and here we were met bv Mr. W. S. Cookson, also 



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formerly a teacher in the Kamehameha Schools, and now Mr. 

 Thompson's colleague in Perak. 



Mr. Cookson took me a motor drive through portions of the 

 island of Singapore, giving a very fair idea of the environs, stop- 

 ping at the Raffles Museum and Library, Fig. 105, which certainly 

 was a surprise ; it is not so well known as it should be to all oriental 

 students. Another dav we visited the Botanical Garden. When 



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