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you to take with you from Tuticorin to Madras, is a very intelligent old man and he can help you to hire a servant at Madras. Should he fail to know of a suitable man, I recommend you to introduce yourself to the Secretary of the Madras Club,and he can doubtless recommend a good man to you.  Be sure that your servant is a good linguist.You will not have to depend on your servant much for cooking, but you will need him as an interpreter and of course to look after your luggage and clothing, to secure seats for you in the trains and to serve your meals.
At Colombo, you will find a large shop known as Cargill's[[?]] - an excellent place to buy the thin clothing you will need. There is also a splendid shop for this purpose at Madras. Be sure to always carry on heavy suit with you, as you will need it in the higher elevations.
While in Southern India and also in Bengal,be careful of fever. I was stricken with jungle fever in Bengal and have not entirely recovered from the effects yet. Under no circumstances drink water unless it has been boiled. You will find pretty fair bottled water all throughout India, and i advise you to use it or boiled water only.
By "Murray's Guide to india" and particularly "Picturesque India' by W.S. Caine, you will need no servant in Caylon, as English is spoken everywhere and travelling is very easy.
The ascent of Adams Peak is a glorious experience,but pretty hard work. It has to be made at night and if you undertake it, you should arrange your plans to reach the peak before the first coloring of the dawn appears.
As your trip is not to be a very extended one, I have mentioned only a few of the most important places in Japan. If you land in Nagasake, as you probably will, you will find easy to get a local guide to show you about in that locality. When you get to Kobe, you will find members of the regular Guides' Association stationed there,and you had better engage a good one to accompany you as far as Yokohama.
At Yokohama you will find a wide choice of guides, and my friend, Nomura, who acted as guide for me when i was in Japan, but who is now a considerable merchant, will be glad to help you to a guide, should the one you hire at Kobe prove unsatisfactory.
You will find the most interesting variety of Japanese life at Kyoto unless you decide to take a trip through the interior, which of course, will bring you in to touch with the real thing.
The Nakesendo (Central Mountain Road) leads over an old highway and through a mountainous country,and by leaving the main road at Lake Suwa and diverting to the south, you can include the famous canoe trip down the rapids of the Tanrugawa River and come out at Hamamatsu.
A trip to Japan should always include one visit to the Yoshiwara, for the purpose of studying the method of conducting the social avil in the Orient, but you should go there with some reliable person who can show you through the highways and byways of the place. I know that either Nomura or Sano would be glad to take you, and Tokio is the place to see the Yoshiwara in a complete way.
SAno does not speak English, but he will send out for an interpreter, or for that matter, your guide can act in that capacity.