IN THE EAST INDIES. 109 
Sihks from India; none of us speak Malay, but we are 
directed very well through the police. 
I shall try to write again before we sail. We are 
now off to see the Raffles Museum. So good bye with 
lots of love from 
Your affectionate son, 
Tom. 
Love to all always. 
Adelphi Hotel. 
Singapore, January 11, 1907. 
Dear Mother and Father : 
You will find very little news in this letter. We 
have had a few days here, strangely, of rainless 
weather. This was a great surprise as the city has 
been rained upon steadily for several months. It is 
hot, but one does not notice it when there is no exer- 
tion to be made. The air being moist, perspiration is 
most profuse. This is a peculiar city. In a Malay 
country with 440,000 population it has 400,000 China- 
men. Absolutely every bit of small trading is in 
their hands; they have developed the country from 
end to end and many today drive about the Singapore 
parks in fine carriages and with splendid horses, which 
they secure from Australia, as the result of their 
acumen. Ina book shop yesterday I saw, ‘‘Letters to 
a Chinese Official,’’ by W. J. Bryan. I bought it for 
amusement on the voyage to Java. We leave here this 
morning at eleven and are due to arrive at Tandjong 
Priok, the port of Batavia, on Sunday forenoon, the 
138th. An assistant of Dr. Treub has written to say 
that he will meet us on our arrival and help us with 
the customs regulations, which are said to be trouble- 
