110 A COLLECTING TRIP 
some, which I doubt. Yesterday we made a little trip 
to the Independent Malay Sultanate of Jahore on the 
mainland of the Peninsula. The present sultan is 
quite enterprising and has really made strides in 
developing his state. The Chinese have all the money 
and do all the work. The Malays, generally speaking, 
are a lazy lot, tired of life now that they eannot fight 
and be pirates any more. We are most interested at 
the prospect of soon seeing Java, of which we have 
read and heard so many praises. I am sure we shall 
find a wonderful colony. Since the Dutch have taken 
it the population has increased from five million to 
thirty-six million, and the revenue now is enormous. 
Well, I must get to packing up the luggage and see 
it on the bullock carts for the Stoomschip ‘‘Baud’’ of 
the Koninklijke Pakketvaart Maatschappij, quite 1m- 
posing for what I suppose will be a small and proba- 
bly rather out of date ship. So good bye. 
Love from both to you all. 
Your affectionate son, 
Tom. 
We now have a Chinese boy for our party of four, 
Ah Woo by name. He is modest in his demands, $16 
(Mex.) per month and 25 cents per day board ($1 
Mex. equals 57 cents U. S.). He is to teach us 
Malay which we are all now studying a good deal in 
our spare time. 
Buitenzorg, Java, January 15, 1907. 
Dear Mother and Father : 
Here we are at last. We reached Batavia and 
spent three days there; it was frightfully hot and rain- 
ing constantly. We had a lot of red tape, ete., to get 
