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Museum library.
Singapore calls the chota peg a stinger.  Another favorite drink is a gin sling (gin & a dash of port wine).
In the beds in the hotel are placed long cylindrical pillows known locally as Dutch housewives.  These affairs are cooling when used [[strikethrough]] to keep [[/strikethrough]] as a rest for the legs.  They are a Dutch invention & found all thru Java & Sumatra but not in British territory except at Singapore & the Straits Settlements.
[[circled]] 6-7 [[/circled]]  Spent these 2 days at the Raffles Museum library

Transcription Notes:
chota peg = a half sized drink usually whisky or brandy