. Wanderings east of Suez in Ceylon, India, China and Japan. t need of re-pairing to the gay metropolis of the Straits. Aninteresting potentate frequently seen is RajahBrooke, a cultivated Englishman who is philan-thropic despot over a slice of Borneo twice thearea of England and Wales. Sarawak, his coun-try, has been called the best governed tropicalland in the world. Another English celebrity af-fecting Singapore is Governor Gueritz, adminis-trator of the North Borneo Company, destined,maybe, to become as profitable as the East IndiaCompany of old. The Sultan of Sulu (not thehero of George A
. Wanderings east of Suez in Ceylon, India, China and Japan. t need of re-pairing to the gay metropolis of the Straits. Aninteresting potentate frequently seen is RajahBrooke, a cultivated Englishman who is philan-thropic despot over a slice of Borneo twice thearea of England and Wales. Sarawak, his coun-try, has been called the best governed tropicalland in the world. Another English celebrity af-fecting Singapore is Governor Gueritz, adminis-trator of the North Borneo Company, destined,maybe, to become as profitable as the East IndiaCompany of old. The Sultan of Sulu (not thehero of George Ades comic opera) enjoys a so-journ in Singapore. He is young, wears the garbof a Mohammedan who has been to Mecca, and isnot displeased by the stare of tourists. The Sul-tan of Johore, in the hands of money-lendersthrough unfortunate turf ventures, spends asmuch time in the city as in his Malay prince of the Siamese kings ministry, in Singa-pore to bestow orders for bridges and river steam-ers, goes nightly to witness a feeble production of 228. Island Links ^The Girl from Kays, and whistles Sammy*as he promenades hotel verandas. Down at the quays great steamships are fedwith coal by Chinese coolies who toil silently andexpeditiously. A Chinese swell is on the pier su-perintending the lading of queer-looking casescontaining birds nests, consigned to epicures inHong Kong and Canton. The Chinamans great-est dainty is soup made from glutinous birdsnests found in Borneo caves. A single case ofmoderate dimensions contains nests to the valueof twelve hundred Mexican dollars—at least, it isinsured for that amount. Great Britains next station in the Far East isHong Kong, likewise an island, and one that mightclaim the long distance championship as a rain-center. Next to hills, the characterizing featureof Hong Kong is moisture—represented either byrain or humidity. The Briton professes that theclimate of this crown colony is good; but formonths at a stretch his clothing
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