IN THE EAST INDIES. 65 
101, Garden Reach, Caleutta, November 18, 1906. 
Dear Father: 
I have perhaps not written as often as I should 
have done, but one steamer leaves here every week 
and I have tried to get a connected story to you so 
far. We have been having a perfect time, every- 
thing simply ideal and all thanks to your generosi- 
ty to us. 
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We are appreciative; a little time for reflection 
far from home is very excellent to put one in an 
appreciative frame of mind. Robert and Warren 
both wrote letters, which we received by this last 
steamer. I was delighted to get those letters and 
shall answer them by the same boat that this goes 
by, if possible. It seems strange to think that in a 
week we shall be writing you our Christmas letters. 
We have rushed through India in order to get to 
a place where we ean secure the Palmers’ advice 
about what best to do. On Tuesday next (November 
20) we go to Darjeerling to have a look at the great 
snows, the roof of the world. We shall be there but 
a couple of days as it is rather cold at this time of 
the year. When we return Mr. Palmer has arranged 
a little shooting trip down to the ‘‘Sunderbunds,’’ 
in the Delta country. I imagine they are a kind 
of plains. There are to be found antelope, Sambar 
deer, ete. The other day out at the country club we 
happened to stroll out to the rifle range and a Major 
asked me to try four shots with him. I made two 
bullseyes and two 4s at a hundred yards, and he made 
one bullseye, one 4 and two 3s. I pretended that it 
was nothing extraordinary but I felt very pleased 
