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so that expenses are at least 50% less than in Europe or U.S. Rangoon is a great rookery. From my room at the hotel I am hailed daily by troups of these noisy birds. They sit on the roof tops and cornices opposite & watch intently for an opportunity to forage. When tea things are brought into the room they sweep down thru the open window & steal toast, butter etc if no one is on guard. They are in appearance the same species [[strike through]]of[[strike through]] as the rooks of Nan-ting River, & southern China in the low tropics.  Their note is a high pitched caw & very rasping.
[[circled]]28[[circled]] Called on the acting vice American consul, H.B Osborn a dentist who is temporarily