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those who live here, and probably has some good reason foi: 

 having become a custom, although as yet I have heard none. As 

 a rule, foreigners here take life easily, and I think enjoy more 

 real comfort than in any place I have ever seen. Every dining- 

 table has a " punkah " hung over it, which, during meal time, is 

 pulled backward and forward by a boy, and a comfortable breeze 

 thus constantly maintained. 



The " pyjama " is also an institution not known in America. It 

 consists of a loose garment, made of silk or other very light material, 

 made up in two pieces, one being a pair of wide, loose drawers, 

 and the other a sort of a jacket or shirt. They are very neatly 

 made, and make quite a respectable suit ; they are worn in place 

 of night-gowns at night and in the privacy of one's own house, 

 and on shipboard they are used to some extent as a morning and 

 evening dress. I speak from personal experience when I state 

 that no one knows what the perfection of comfort is imtil they 

 have thrown off their clothes which they have worn during the 

 sweltering heat of a tropical day, taken a cool and refreshing bath, 

 put on their " pyjama " and sat down to dinner with a good appetite. 



Another feature which attracts the attention of Americans is 

 the carrying of everything on poles, instead of upon wheeled 

 vehicles, as we do in America. As soon as your trunks are land- 

 ed, a rope is passed around them and they are whisked up on 

 a pole, and carried on the shonlders of two laborers or coolies, as 

 they are called here, who trot off with them quickly and noiselessly. 

 All merchandise is handled in the same way, and one often sees 

 a heavy package of merchandise suspended on two poles, and car- 

 ried by four or more coolies, instead of two, as in the case of the 

 smaller and lighter pieces. It is said that much of the tea in the 

 back country is thus carried long distances, sometimes hundreds of 

 miles to the rivers, where it is placed upon boats and floated down 

 to the seaports. 



CAJJTON MLUSrUFACTUKES SWEETMEATS, PEESEEVED GIKGEE, SOT, ETC. 



Many people are familiar with the appearance and taste of 

 these articles, a,nd I, in common with many others, have eaten 

 them for years, but I had little idea just how they were prepared, 



