so that expenses are at least 50% less than in Europe. Rangoon is a great rookery. From my room at the hotel I can hailed daily by troops of these noisy birds. They sit on the roof tops and cornices opposite + watch intently for an opportunity to forage. When tea things are brought into the room they sweep down through open window & steal toast butter etc if no one is on guard. They are in appearance the same species of the rooks of Yam-ning River, & southern China in the low-lands. Their note is a high pitched carr & very rasping. 25 Called on the acting vice American consul, H.B Osborn a dentist who is temporarily