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temple was very queer. The chief gods in it were two 
wooden elephant-like creatures most gorgeously paint- 
ed, and two wooden peacocks. We saw his sacred 
crocodiles and took their photographs ! Tomorrow we 
are going out to Amber. I will write you again as 
soon as I get a minute. It is not hot here. 
With a great deal of love, 
Affectionately, 
Rosamond. 
Agra, India, November 11, 1906. 
Dear Mother : 
I have seen such magnificent things and such 
Splendid sights since I last wrote you that I hardly 
know where to begin and what to tell you about. Our 
stay in Bombay was very interesting and we enjoyed 
seeing the place, but the city itself is not nearly as 
typically Indian as some other places we have seen. 
But I wrote to you from Bombay and so shall waste 
no more words over it. From there we went to 
Jaipur. Such a fascinating place you never imagin- 
ed. The natives were all gayly dressed in the most 
brilliant colors and literally covered from head to 
foot with rings. The streets were always crowded 
with camels, elephants, bullock carts, donkeys, goats 
and water buffaloes, and interesting people—Hindus 
of every conceivable caste, with their caste marks 
painted on their foreheads, and many Mohammedans. 
There were Hindu women carrying enormous brass 
water pots full of water on their heads, all mixed 
in together with the traffic, and the streets simply 
teamed with life and movement. Lots of them sleep 
right out on the sidewalks, or anywhere; their houses 
