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men worked on it for twenty-two years. The whole 
interior is a mass of flowers (made of different color- 
ed jewels) inlaid in enormous slabs of white marble, 
with earving to perfection. We spent the whole 
morning there and intend to go again tomorrow. It 
is the finest building we have ever seen or ever ex- 
pect to see. There are beautiful gardens on the one 
side of it and the river is on the other. You would 
so enjoy seeing it and I wish you could. This af- 
ternoon we went to the palace of Shah Jehan. It 
is very beautiful and commands a glorious view, 
overlooking the city of Agra and the river. Tomor- 
row evening we leave for Lucknow, then Benares 
and then Caleutta. I shall write you again the first 
chance I get. I bought a beautiful Kashmire shawl. 
Our photographs have been quite successful. We 
have had them all developed up to this place. Give 
my love to every one. The heat is not so fearful as 
people make out and we often need two blankets at 
night. The change of temperature between mid-day 
and mid-night is astonishing. We do not feel the 
heat because it is so dry. 
Most affectionately, 
Rosamond. 
Tom sends a great deal of love. 
Agra, November 11, 1906. 
Dear Mother: 
I wrote you last from Jaipur where we were for 
two days. We left there for Delhi, about eight hours 
by night—quite a comfortable trip. The native city 
of modern Delhi is a filthy labyrinth of streets, 
very narrow and with little dog kennel houses on 
