Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (5 of 5)
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museum library. Singapore calls the chota peg a stinger. Another favorite drink is adashi again sting (gin + port wine) In the beds in the hotel are placed long cylindrical pillows known locally as dutch housewives. These affairs are cooling when used to help as a rest for the legs. They are a clever invention & found all thru Java & Sumatra but not in British territory except at Singapore. the straits Settlements (6-7) spent these 2 days at the Raffles Museum library.