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The children would pay for it. The dish which looked most inviting was a round fatty cake of boiled rice with a cocoanut milk sauce. This was served in a green leaf doubled to make a bowl and fastened with a thorn. A few preserved cherries were put around it.
Rangoon is a beautiful city with many tree lined streets and nice looking villas. It is always hot but was exceptionally so while we were there.
We arrived at Penang in the morning and after a medical examination we were permitted to land. We found the so called best hotel full and only by browbeating a little woman did we get in a Raffles. She had one of her best rooms reserved for a man, but he didn't appear, so we got it.

Mch 24th Sunday
As usual we had to stay in during the middle of the day. Toward evening we took rickshas and went to te botanical garden, the great sight of Penang. We rode through beautiful streets...