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3 Found Old Egypt interesting also,- its long green palmy valley between brown deserts, marvelous towns, temples, monuments
of the lang syne of humanity opening telling views into history making the dead live again. Had perfectly glorious reviving
times in Australia New Zealand, there the flora is so novel exciting I had to begin my botanical studies over again got a
press made big piles of specimens working night day at them counting all labor light. The Philippine 03366 4 flora too
is magnificent though I saw comparatively little of it. I visited many interesting botanical gardens that you would have enjoyed
especially those of Singapore, Calcutta, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney Rockhampton Port Darwin Christ church. The last
trace of that miserable Manchurian rheumatism left me ere I reached Ceylon - never was sick a since hour after leaving Shanghai,-
am now perfectly well weigh ten pounds more than at any time during the the last eight or ten yrs 745 03366