72 A COLLECTING TRIP 
do the gardening, in fact, seem to do all the work; 
you hardly ever see the men do anything but smoke 
cigarettes. When we arrived at the station women 
porters came up to us and they earried our bags and 
three trunks (the steamer trunk, Tom’s shirt trunk 
and my hat trunk) to this hotel, about five minutes 
hard walking up hill. Their method of carrying was 
to put a rope about the trunk and then fasten the 
rope about their heads. Just think what a white 
elephant my big R. P. B. would have been, the one 
I sent home. You see this is very near the Thibe- 
tan border line and so the village is full of Thibe- 
tans; they are an interesting lot, always smiling and 
apparently happy. We went through the native 
quarters and bazars yesterday and bought a few 
things. I bargained with a woman yesterday and 
induced her to sell me a good deal of her jewelry, 
rings, bracelets, ete. I understand she has an end- 
less supply daily for sale. Next week Tom and I 
are going to the Sunderbunds shooting; it is about 
sixty miles from Caleutta and they say that the 
shooting there is excellent. Tigers are plentiful. 
Wouldn’t it be great if Tom bagged one? We are 
to be on this trip for a week or ten days and then 
sail on the 9th of December for Burma. We leave 
here tomorow, the 26th. I have sent you some postal 
eards, which are typical of this place. Day before 
yesterday Tom went to the Testa Valley, thirty-five 
miles from here, and eollected; he got a good many 
things, eighteen dozen beautiful butterflies among 
the rest. 
Give my love to every one, yourself of course, 
especially to the Gays and grandma and grandpa, 
