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...American contingent led by some 6,000 miles, having completed more than half of their 23,000-mile circuit when they alighted that evening at Calcutta, India; whereas the Briton had about 17,000 miles between him and England when he reached Rangoon, Burma...
...Cherbourg. From there he will go to Ceylon and will arive about the third of December. At this point he intends to make a trip into the interior of India that will last eight weeks. When he returns to Ceylon, he will go to Singapore, stopping off at Rangoon and Penang. While at Singapore, he will make a side-trip to Java, and then continue his journey to Hong Kong. A side trip to the Philippines will occupy his time before he starts out for Shanghai where he will go up the Yangtse River to Hankow and thence to Pekin...
...Christian Associations, with an aggregate membership of nearly 10,000 men and boys. The work is intensely practical and strong associations with gymnasiums, athletic fields, libraries, restaurants, and educational as well as religious work, have been developed in the great cities, such as Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Bangalore, and Rangoon. The Calcutta Association has 12 secretaries, 1100 members, and 8 branch buildings for Europeans, Indians, and Eurasians, including a boys' building and four hotels for students. The board of Directors includes the Governor of Bengal, the Mayor of Calcutta, the Canon of the Anglican Cathedral, the minister of the Scottish Church...
Professor Lanman is having manuscripts copied in Burmah and Ceylon for the Harvard Oriental series. The College library in Rangoon is rich in Buddhist palm leaf books, and a transcript of one of these will soon be on its way to Cambridge...
...Rangoon, 2 Washington...