108 A COLLECTING TRIP 
every one. Tom got such a nice letter from his 
father; he certainly is a peach. Do not fail to go to 
New York. 
Most affectionately, 
Rosamond. 
P. S. Received a great many letters from you all 
today. Many thanks. 
Adelphi Hotel, Singapore. 
January 9, 1907. 
My dear Father : 
I have been extremely busy since we arrived here, 
for traveling in the Dutch colonies is very much like 
going to Russia; as we are taking a Chinese ‘‘boy”’ 
with us we have had to have him photographed, ete. 
Then there are so many formalities about our guns. 
First a permit must be obtained to land them; then 
a permit from the Dutch consul for the English police 
to give a permit to export them to Java. 
The climate here is not nearly as bad as we had 
anticipated, nor is it as hot as it was while we were 
at Penang, where it was extremely humid. This is a 
wonderful place for tropical fruits and flowers. Some 
of the fruits are so delicious that they cannot be de- 
seribed. 
The two gentlemen who had joined us for our 
island trip are very delightful company; they have 
been for years provincial governors in India. One, 
whose name is Pim, is an Irishman related to the 
Richardsons of Lisburn, ete. The other’s name is 
Shearing. They speak Persian, Urdu, Hindustani and 
Punjaubi and as many Indian people are settled here 
they are very useful as interpreters. The police are 
