CORRESPONDENCE 



Through an error in proof-reading the 

 statement was made on page 51 of the Janu- 

 ary number that the new Salton Sea of Cali- 

 fornia covered an area "800 miles square" in- 

 stead of "S00 square miles." 



Philadelphia, January 25, 1906. 

 Editors National Geographic Magazine: 



The photographs sent you were taken by 

 me during a recent trip around the world. 

 One and two illustrate industrial conditions 

 in Rangoon. Burma, showing how elephants 

 are employed in saw-mills to do the work 

 which in more progressive countries is ac- 

 complished by steam. The third represents 

 a native boy orchestra in Garoet, Java. The 

 musical instruments are of bamboo cut in 

 unequal lengths so as to form a sort of octave, 



and after being hollowed out the tubes are 

 attached loosely together with thin strips of 

 wood, so that when gently or forcibly shaken 

 very agreeable music is produced. The in- 

 strument is called an Antlung. 



Yours truly, Emily Bell. 



Mount Vernon, N. Y., January 18, 1906. 

 Editors National Geographic Magazine: 



Replying to a query conventionally signed 

 X. Y. Z., concerning Lower California, will 

 you allow me to add to your reply the opinion 

 that it is an excellent place to keep away 

 from, if one is looking for business. There is 

 scarcely a feature about the peninsula, from 

 north to south, that is attractive to a white 

 man. Along the coast plain, which is much 

 interrupted by cliffs, there are but few locali- 

 ties in which the land could be made product- 

 ive without a great expenditure of money 

 and labor. The made lands in the 

 vicinity of the mouth of the Colo- 

 rado are productive where irri- 

 gation is possible, but the intense 

 heat of summer unfits the region for 

 any but people of tropical latitudes. 

 The Pacific Coast region is more 

 temperate in climate, but the area of 

 productive land is very small. There 

 are a few calling places for vessels — 

 all small villages, inhabited mainly 

 by half-breeds — but none is of im- 

 portance. Tia Juana (Aunt Jane) 

 is not far from National City and 



Photos by Emily Bell, Philadelphia 



