English. They love dancing and singing, and they never quarrel.

[Illustration: Ceylon Girls Playing the Tom-Tom.

(From the picture by E.A. Hornel. By permission of the Corporation of
Manchester.)]

7. By the next ship home I am sending mother a chest of tea. The tea
grew on the hills of Ceylon. I made a journey to these hills by train.
On the way we passed through thick forests, and by the side of beautiful
rivers.

8. Ceylon is very rich in plants and trees. The cocoanut palm grows
almost everywhere. On one of the rivers I saw a raft of cocoanuts. A man
swam behind it and pushed it along.

[Illustration: {Cocoanut palm tree}]

9. With this letter I send you a picture of a tea-garden. Notice the men
and women plucking the leaf. Many of them come from the south of India.
Look at the white planter. He comes, as you know, from our own country.

[Illustration: IN A CEYLON TEA PLANTATION.]

10. In the middle of Ceylon there are many high mountains. The highest
is called Adam's Peak. It stands like a great wedge high above the other
hills.

11. The people of Ceylon believe that it is a holy mountain. They say
that once upon a time Buddha climbed to the top of this mountain. To