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cus. There was a 50- foot Tj&sg and two 55-foot ends. The tent was 
packed (partly because they were giving a free show; . Bell, a 
pleasant voung Australian, explained that he was the successor of 
Harmston's Circus, which had toured the East for forty years. He 
had five elephants, a line of twenty or thirty horses ana ponies, 
a bear, § lions, and, for performers, a Burmese juggler, a Chinese 
acrobat, a flying trapeze act, two clowns, a riding act, a manage 
act. We met' both Bell and his brother, and Chakovsky, the 60-year 
old flying trapeze artist. 
February 25 - Singapore 
In the morning Mrs. Sellers called for me and took me shopping. I 
was measuren for some shorts, and bought some straw handbags. At 
noon I met Bill and Mr. Williams at the Hotel, and at one Mr. Davis 
called for us and took us cut to his hou e for lunch. He has a 
beautiful place, with tennis court and garden, and a charming wife. 
The house was spacious and cool, and a long strip of green baize, 
attached to a wooden frame at the top, hung over the dining table 
and was pulled by the punka-wallah all through the meal, gently 
back and forth, to give just the right amount of breeze. Vie had 
a delicious curry, and a dessert that was new to all of us - gulah 
malacca - made of farina, coconut milk, and palm syrup. 
After lunch we called on Mr. Hunter, Under-Secretary of the 
Colonial Office, who seemed willing to give us permits but asked 
us as a favor to him not to t^ke any Malay gibbons. 
We went on to the Raffles Museum. All the ethnographic 
exhibits were draped in sheets, as some painting and re-decorating 
are being done, but we enjoyed seeing the Natural History _ exhibits 
and planring what we could do with some of the strange animals if 
we could catch them alive. We stopped in to see Mr. Chasen, the 
Director, and had a very pleasant visit with him. 
In the evening we went back to the Great World, and saw the 
circus again. Later, as we were drinking beer with the Bells, we 
were introduced to Connie O'Neil, 8 famous local horse-trainer, 
and to Mr. Lee, the Chinese proprietor of the cabaret. He insisted 
on our seeing his place, and we spent an hour or more there. He 
has 110 taxi dance girls, mostly Chinese, but some Malays and 
Eurasians. Bill danced with two Malay girls, and with one who 
looked" like a Swedes but said she was Chinese. 
I had a dance with Mr. Lee. Later in the evening he pointed to 
my empty glass, and said - I thought - "Another glass?" "No thank you, 
I said firmly. "No more." 
sir. Bell said rather pointedly, "Mr. Lee is a sling you. for 
another dance." So I had to have several, just to show that there 
was no bad feeling. 
We got home about two A. M. 
February 26 - Singapore 
In the morning we went around to see De Souza, the animal man, 
and while the men were tailing I bought a dress from Mrs. DeSouza. At 
the hotel the Proctors met us for lunch, and after lunch we went out to 
Besappe's Zoo on the 9nngoll Road. We went under the auspices of cur 
