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expected for the launch. The judge and I took a long street car
ride getting out of a town and after nightfall I bade him good-
bye as he caught a sampan to go back to his ship.

After dinner went with Mr. Peters to see the Seftons
at the Strand Hotel. Not a young fellow there from Ispahan
of which he talked most interestingly.

December 29th.

Got up early again to find the "Southern Cross" which I was
delighted to see near the Southern horison too plain to be
mistaken, although the stars of course are somewhat out of
line. It is about the size of the Great Bear. Had two or three
hours before breakfast seeing the natives and Hindoos and for
a farewell call on the Shwe Dagon, where a bright little Bur-
mese boy acted as my guide. Fed the elephant of the tem-
ple, which he says will turn white later and which came from
Mandalay. After buying some ties, a belt, etc., and Penfield's
"East of Suez" and planning my return home by the aid of Thom-
as Cook, I boarded the ship at 11:00 o'clock. Three hundred
Hindoo passengers then came on board, presenting a unique sight.

December 30th.

Wrote article on Singapore, Penang, and Rangoon. My room-mate
is Mr. Eugene Hildebrand, a Chicago lawyer born in Switzerland.
A delightful sea and our boat is a beauty -- like a private
yacht, though it is too light for a sea. Was interested in
seeing the Mohammedans in the second-class turn their faces
towards Mecca and prostrate themselves repeatedly in prayer.
One steerage passenger has his beard dyed a brilliant red in
honor of the Prophet.