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Late in life he par[illegible]
highest elevations in
Malaya are only 700 feet.
There were peaks, the
population seen on the
streets is predominantly
Chinese with a fair
proportion of Malay,
Japanese & Indian
or Tamul natives.
(2) Sunday passed off
quietly & without rain.
The climate here is very
different from India;
rain falling the year
round there being no
definite monsoon season.
Storms such as Typhoons
are unknown but sudden
whirling storms of few
minutes duration occur
at odd times. The rainfall