70 A COLLECTING TRIP 
ete. One Chinaman will do as much work in one 
day as a Hindu will do in six. Every board here 
is sawed out by hand! It takes some time to get 
a building done, but they use a large number of work- 
men, very cheap, and get about it that way. Cal- 
cutta is simply a bit of England very poorly trans- 
planted into India. It is by far the least interesting 
city we have struck so far, and the most filthy. There 
are no real sights in the way of fine temples, ete., 
but the vegetation is simply superb and there is a 
fine Zoo. So all is well. 
Good bye, love to all. 
Your affectionate brother, 
Tom. 
Darjeerling, November 24, 1906. 
Dear Mother: 
We left the Palmers last Tuesday, but are going 
back again next week to remain a week more. They 
are very niece and do everything possible for us. Mr. 
Palmer is especially popular with everyone. Their 
place is delightful, quite large and filled with love- 
ly flowers of every sort. On Saturday they took us 
out to a country club to watch some races. I wore 
my lace dress and pink hat, I mean lace hat with 
pink feathers. Tom bought me a very elaborate para- 
sol and I felt quite dressy. Mrs. Palmer dresses 
beautifully—everything she wears comes from Paris. 
Tom walked around with her most of the afternoon 
and Mr. Palmer took me with him. A great many 
people spoke to him and he naturally introduced me 
