IN THE EAST INDIKS. ies 
were wonderful and we wished that we were artists 
and could have painted the sights. We took a number 
of photographs. At nine we got back to the hotel. 
Coming home was much more pleasant than going, as 
we could see all the beautiful flowers and ferns, etc., 
along the side of the trail. The paths were very nar- 
row and my horse insisted on keeping as near the edge 
as possible; one false step and we would have gone 
down thousands of feet to the valley below. It was 
great. That afternoon we came here and had a 
splendid trip down. The scenery was very fine. Mrs. 
Palmer’s carriage met us and we were driven to the 
house and given a most cordial welcome. They are 
arranging three dinners for us. We are going out 
ealling this forenoon — now, so I will close, with love 
to every one and a happy new year. 
Affectionately, 
Rosamond. 
Tell mother that I bought thirty yards of pongee 
sulk for $4.84. 
101, Garden Reach, 
Caleutta, December 9, 1906. 
Dear Mother : 
We leave today for Burma and we are very, very 
sorry to go. The Palmers have been very kind to us 
and did everything they could for us. The reason you 
did not hear from me for some time was because we 
were down in the Sunderbunds, miles away from Cal- 
cutta and nowhere near any mail box or post office. 
So I knew it was useless to write. Mr. Palmer pro- 
cured for us from the Port Commission a steam 
launch, as he called it, but it was really more like a 
