| Show ANOTHER LETTER FROM THE ORIENTS description OF TRIP FROM MANILA TO destination IN BORNEO concluded front from last week we arrived in iii San dakan harbor tile next morning ut at seven front from tile the boat we a could see bee tile prettiest little green town nestled in ill amongst tile the hills lwills and extending down to the water vater waterfront front the entire country is covered with grass lowers and trees wo we landed and came up tip to tile consulate which is right on oil top of it a till with a beautiful flower garden around it and rolling lawns and immense mango trees and walks we notice the cicat immediately and for tile the first awu lays days we could scarcely walk across the room exhausting but we are becoming acclimated rapidly and I 1 ant am feeling fine fille now owing to the fact that it is winter down liere here now it is much cooler than if we find biad arrived in summer and it really is pleasant but the atmosphere is so damp that it is depressing to a now new comer we have been just as lazy as possible and uncle lias has waited on oil us its until now low we are beginning to got get our bearings wo we have had several rain storms which lias has cooled things oil a little it is not any warmer here than it was ivas in ill washington last summer and it is always cool at night in fact I 1 sleep with a little light blanket thrown throw over nover tile me the sunshine front from ten in ill the morning until faur in the afternoon is ie dangerous and people have to remain in ill the shade during that time tile the consulate or tile house whore where wo we live is an all immense place and like all other houses in this country is open ill all a round wo we live in the open air all tile the tinie time with bats blizzards liz andall and all kinds of bugs flying around us but strange to say we are getting used to it enough not to lot let it worry us its at nil all I 1 like tile tho open air life and tile fresh air and our view is magnificent ent we can call see sea all over town clear down to the pier and all over the harbor and we vatch the boats come and go tile food here bere is decidedly different front from american food and uncle lias told us a dozen times that if we can call got get along with tile food lie wont worry about al I 1 wo we have a chink cook and that is all we know about the food until it Is in served to ua its at meal ineal time we have tea in tile morning at seven breakfast at lunch at one tea again at four and dinner at right eight I 1 am ain falling into the english customs with out much difficulty dilli culty fish is the bread of life here uni und it is very delicious and alo alio very cheap we eat it three times a lay day I 1 have musli fish eggs cac and pineapple for breakfast soup fish fried eb chicken icken potatoes and fruit for dinner chicken is very common here wo ve have lave fried chicken uli icken twice and three times a duy nud and always once our cook fixes up tip tile strangest dislikes I 1 over ever had bad to eat cat heaven only knows liow how lie does doca it or what they contain but lil fc they taste pretty good and I 1 havo ii a good appetito ap ill toll you of ono one dish diali wo had for lunch iny to give you an idea of what wo we got 1 I do 10 not know tile the namo name of this particular dish and dont know whether anyone else does daoa or n not 0 t bu but t i it t was a ili mixture i x t it re of rice eggs fisli fish shoestring potatoes a and ad raie raisins his it was waa very good really but you will readily understand now what I 1 mean when I 1 say any tile tho dishes dishen are 66 11 strange we done any society yet but one night wo had the captain and patty up tip to dinner and the next day an american boat landed its passengers who were four american america n boys from jolo in ill the military service in ditro rent capacities cumo came up ill and paid us tie a visit yesterday tile fathers oatlie of the church padres they are called liere here called un oil us today is sunday and mr boyer the english man who was living with uncle wa 8 up to lunch at uncles request lie left alien wo came ifo is SU sj very anglish that it sticks out a mile all over him but lie is a nice nico young man inan and expects to be married tah spring to an all english girl iio hu informed me that the picture that was taken of ne me tile fis fish j is s printed ii ted and on display down in the joint where they aliey do that work I 1 have not seen the picture yet but I 1 am going down and take a look right away THE END |
