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<p class="page" id="a5658016">[Page 16]</p><p>to the garrison we kept all to the main streets which by the way aren't many and what we saw was real good, Its would be a lovely town if it were not for the native dwelling places which are simply awful. The natives are as black as coal and wear a little cloth skirt, the women wear the same but across their left shoulder making it look more like a costume, some wear turbans and some dont, but they are the most thieving, swindling cheating lot of blacks I have ever met or ever hope to meet, The money runs in Rupees and cents, <strike>R100 are equal</strike> one hundred cents [indecipherable] is one Rupee and one Rupee is worth about 1/8 in English money, 5 cents is a penny. We met some Dutch Sailors and had a pleasant chat with them while we were visiting the Hotel Britania. There is a Y.M.C.A. Depot there and according to my horse (rickshaw boy) whose name was James, its respectability is rather doubtful. Well we got back all right and stayed on board the next day because that route march was not at all welcome. H.M.S. Venus and H.M.S. Tripod were in the harbour when we got there</p>