ELEPHANT

wuc cmplr)ycrl in t-his cstablislimellt, wllic-11 ' turi~s
out ' :hut 25,000 pouuds of rope pc:r anrluln.
This
killrl of ropc, t.hoq11 extc~isively user1 by vessclu, is
not PO sttrollg :IS Ill:lt mi111e li-t~~r~ IICIII~~. JTc took a
c:?irita I~r~yrct?? i~ li tt.1~ Lr~i~kG~st: wit11 the oblisillg
~u~cri~it~nclc~lt, :~nci arriccd it) tuw~l :~g:lin :rbout- liil~c
o'c!-luck, at tllc w ~ I brc;ikfast. I ~ Iiour.
111 the :lfteruoilu I\-\\-c roilc tr, tlie 11i)usc aid g:lrrlchs
of tlic IIoll. Mr. Q71ial11poa, a Cliinew 1iilcrdi:lnt wllo,
uulilce tllc majorit.j-- of hi.: count-1-~1nell, 1 1 s';t:ttled ~ for
life at Ei~~gaporc, i~llerc lie 11;~s 1)cen for a lo~lg t-im ~ I I
busillcss, and is; repol.tc~l t.o 11;~-c 111at1e n foi-t~nle oC
r3,00i),000. llr. '15-'151~:u~q)w~ b a ~vcll-ccl~u~.t.c pntle-
ma~l, q)caks Engli.;h perfcct.1~-, nllcl is ;1 ~iicri~ber uC the
to-ri--n couucil. Es house, tlu~e miles li-i)m the tow^^,
is a wmpletc UIUSCU~U, iillcd ~t-ith thc most expcr~sisc
aid beautild curios fwm at11 ccountlies, wl~ile his
gtrd~~~+lle is. a great lorcr of flow-u-arc onc of tl~c
liollj ' oi' the pl:u:c, a d one of the first- quwtious asked
a stranger by the Iiuropcan resirlenls of Si~lg:ipol-c is,
&\ye IOU wen the C'llifi.aman's giii-delis ? if not, h b
sure and do so bcfore lea\-kg' 'J:lic.se garrle~is are
ratllcr a \i-ul.li of art tllan saturc, i.c. fie niost intc-
rcastiiig EJ1:~nts to LC cen llnvc bcen brougl~t to their
prewnt foml and culldition bj- t-lic halrci :lnrl skill of