ae IN THE EAST INDIES. Si 
mines, but it is rather a long ride to them and we 
may not have time. We shall leave for Singapore on 
December 28th and are due to arrive there on Janu- 
ary 2. About the 6th we intend to sail for Java. We 
both keep very well indeed; in fact, I never saw Ros. 
looking better and I feel splendidly. Our trip to the 
mountains did us a world of good, a week of regular 
Adirondack air. All the Palmers asked me to send 
love when next I wrote. 
Well, no more news until we get ashore and read 
your letters, so good bye. Love to all from 
Tom and Ros. 
Strand Hotel. 
Rangoon, December 12, 1906. 
Dear Mrs. Barbour : 
We had a very pleasant passage from Calcutta 
but were dreadfully sorry to leave India. Mr. and 
Mrs. Palmer did everything for us and time simply 
flew while we were with them. We were delighted to 
find letters waiting for us here. This morning we 
went out to a lumber yard and saw elephants piling 
and moving teak logs. It was very interesting and 
they really showed almost human intelligence about it. 
It seems very curious to drive along the street and 
pass women smoking huge black cigars. We saw fifty 
or more Buddhist priests dressed in deep yellow, with 
shaven heads, carrying begging bowls; they seemed 
quite pleased when we took their photographs. The 
Chinese temple here was very curious, alow, long build- 
ing, covered with dragons done in lacquer and enamel. 
The carving inside is beautiful and it was most amus- 
