4 Another all day steady rain took possession of the country today making sight seeing quite out of the question. The meals at the hotel are fine, we have such delicacies as Trappist cheese, a soft rich sort like gorgonzola but without green streaks. It is shade away by the Trappist works. Boiled lobsters, prawns, raw oysters, artichokes, etc! help on the menu. The rooms are however without baths, closets, or running water (except a few large apartments on the main floor). The Chosen hotel at Seal is for superior in arrangement. Beds are new (2 years old). The ricksha boys here all wear a oval dish shaped helmet with their name marked on it in number arrows. Nearly all of them speak some English which speaks well for their enterprise.