IN THE EAST INDIES. 108 
morning at Katha. When we arrived at Mandalay 
we took a three days camping trip to the Gokteik 
gorge and this was very successful. The scenery is 
wonderful; a huge cave or tunnel a hundred and fif- 
ty feet high and a quarter of a mile long, covered 
within with beautiful maiden hair ferns and orchids 
and a rushing mountain torrent running through it. 
My photographs, if they come out well, will describe 
it far better than I can. It took us thirty-eight 
hours in the train from Gokteik to Rangoon. Many 
thanks for the Christmas card, which came today. We 
leave tomorrow for Singapore and Tom has just said 
that our boat is a good one. I am sending you some 
photographs which I hope will get to you safely. The 
things in the way of clothes you can get here are won- 
derful; they are so cheap and so well made. For in- 
stance: a native tailor has made two double-breasted 
coats of serge, supplied the stuff and fitted or rather 
copied to a T the coat I gave him, and charged $6.50 
for each. I have invested in several supposedly genu- 
ine rubies and sapphires. The native bazars are simply 
fascinating. My old princess dress of Miss Knight’s 
has simple given out, so Katherina is making me a 
lovely pale blue wash silk dress, somewhat like my 
Pompadour silk, only highnecked, and the total cost 
when finished will be ten dollars and a half. Give 
my love to every one. We are all well and having 
the time of our lives. 
Most affectionately, 
Rosamond. 
Think of Aunt Elizabeth having another daught- 
er. Tell her we were delighted to hear about i. 
