42 A COLLECTING TRIP 
are having a lot of films developed here and I hope we 
shall have some good pictures of the Suez canal, ete. 
Well, perhaps the first part of this is worth being 
copied for grandmother, ete. We simply cannot 
write to every one, as we are far too busy. Perhaps 
we can do better when we get to Jeypore, eighteen 
hours on the train. 
Give my love to each and every one. 
Good bye from your affectionate boy 
Tom. 
(On the last sheet of the letter written by Mr. Barbour 
to his mother, dated Bombay, November 3, 1906.) : 
Dear Mrs. Barbour : 
This is just a line to say what a perfectly heavenly 
time we are having. Mr. Palmer wrote to several of 
his friends that we were coming here for a few days 
and to look out for us. The result is that we have 
dined out and lunched out every day. Every place I 
go to I like better than the last. A Mr. Richards, 
whom I met yesterday, told me of a splendid silk ba- 
zaar here and said he thought I could get the kind of 
embroidered silk you wanted. I shall anyway try 
tomorrow. We have been so busy sight-seeing that we 
have had no time for shopping ! or even writing, but 
when I do get a second I will write you. Do not think 
that I have not written because I am too lazy or be- 
eause I do not want to. With much love to every one, 
especially to yourself and Mr. Barbour, believe me, 
Hurriedly but affectionately, 
Rosamond. 
