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Frederic Courtland Penfield. East of Suez
East of Suez
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE WORLD'S TURNSTILE AT SUEZ
CHAPTER II. COLOMBO, CEYLON'S COSMOPOLITAN SEAPORT
CHAPTER III. THE LURE OF THE PEARL
CHAPTER IV. UPWARD TO THE SHRINE OF BUDDHA
CHAPTER V. IN CEYLON'S HILL COUNTRY
CHAPTER VI. BOMBAY AND ITS PARSEE "JEES" AND "BHOYS"
CHAPTER VII. THE VICARIOUS MAHARAJAH OF JEYPORE
CHAPTER VIII. THE WORLD'S MOST EXQUISITE BUILDING
CHAPTER IX. BENARES, SACRED CITY OF THE HINDUS
CHAPTER X. INDIA'S MODERN CAPITAL
CHAPTER XI. ISLAND LINKS IN BRITAIN'S CHAIN OF EMPIRE
CHAPTER XII. CANTON, UNIQUE CITY OF CHINA
CHAPTER XIII. MACAO, THE MONTE CARLO OF THE FAR EAST
CHAPTER XIV. THE KAISER'S PLAY FOR CHINESE TRADE
CHAPTER XV. JAPAN'S COMMERCIAL FUTURE
INDEX
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Frederic Courtland Penfield
Ceylon, India, China and Japan
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As in other Asiatic countries, the staple food is rice. Strange to say, Ceylon produces of this only half what is demanded by the people. Hence, it is necessary to import eight million bushels from India and Malay regions, costing approximately $5,000,000. On the other hand, the island sends to Europe and America annually $21,000,000 worth of tea, besides considerable quantities of rubber, cocoanut-oil, cacao, and plumbago. Ceylon's crude rubber commands the highest price, and is a crop growing by leaps and bounds. It is estimated that eight hundred million cocoanuts are grown yearly in Ceylon. An item in the list of exports is elephants. These go to India as beasts of burden and pleasure, and the government collects two hundred rupees for every elephant sent from the island.
There is a possibility of two great events any springtime in Ceylon, and the prospect of either occurring is a theme of endless small talk in the offices and bungalow homes of everybody connected with "Government." One is the elephant kraal, planned for the edification of His Excellency the Governor and a few officials and visitors of distinction, who, from cages in trees at elevated points insuring safety, look down upon the driving in of converging herds of elephants. When an earth-strewn flooring of bamboo gives way and the monarchs of the jungle are cast into a stockaded pit, the kraal is complete. Then, ordinarily, the Ceylon treasury undergoes drafts for forage, until an authorized functionary negotiates the sale of the animals to maharajahs and lesser worthies up in India.
