202 A COLLECTING TRIP ae 
Kiu Kiang, China, June 1, 1907. 
Dear Mother and Father : 
So far we have had a perfectly ideal trip and, 
except for Tom’s illness in Shanghai (from which he 
is entirely recovered now), we have both been in A 
No. 1 condition. Pekin was one of the most interest- 
ing places we have seen and although at first I was 
rather opposed to going, as Tom was just convaleseing, 
we are both delighted that we went. The photegraphs 
we have taken of it are splendid; we have just been 
looking them over now and we shall enjoy so much 
telling you all about them. We have been discussing 
as to where to live next winter and have practically 
decided on Cambridge, to hire a house for a year and 
see how we like it there. Tom knows quite a number 
of Cambridge people and it will be near the museum 
for him, and I know a good many Cambridge people, 
and we ought to have a very happy home there. But 
we want to talk things over with you first. Our plans 
now are to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Barbour in Oak- 
land for a few days and then stop off for a day or 
so at the Yellowstone Park and then proceed to Tup- 
per Lake where we shall arrive somewhere about 
August 15th. We are both very, very sorry not to 
be able to be with you on Robert’s twenty-first birth- 
day, but it was simply impossible to get any accom- 
modations earlier than July 18th, even although we 
applied on May Ist, but you may be sure our best 
wishes will be there with you. With a great deal of 
love from 
Your ever affectionate and grateful daughter, 
Rosamond. 
