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i S h £ Ppy bec?use Ff ter pleading for two weeks for 
nn Jnn i? n w J I u n i ffi S ls ° n deck > he fin ^lly has them ell ranged 
C?»t3n SJ5"f! r h? ?t , h> ! C ! nVSS 8Wning Spread over them. 
Captain Rove is happy because he has at last heard that he will 
Relieved at the end of the trip, and allowed to return to 
England to see his wife, and the eight een-months old son whom he 
We had lunch today with the Mecys (American Consul). Their 
other guest was Rosalie Slaughter Morton, author of the best- 
nhHtr^ f J1 S° bl 2 grephy °L S Wompn Sur g eon ". She is a plump and 
het loai on I ?£- S °r £i fty "? dd ye?rp > s P en d^g the income from 
ner book on a trip to the Vale of Kashmir*. 
August 25 - 
~ „ We ordered most of the supplies we need for the voyage 
5 6 Ship S chpndler > bu t made the rounds of the market and 
picked up more cire leaves, some Kabul melons in the hopls that 
the big orang would eat them. We had to buy 400 dozen more bananas 
12 dozen more eggs, greens, apples, tomatoes, peas and beans, pears 
cnickens and pigeons. Our menagerie has a husky appetite, taken 
as a whole, although some of the individuals are picky, to say the 
least. 
We were supposed to sail at noon, but loading was delayed 
by the Captain's discovery that five wet bales of cotton had been 
stowed in Number 2. It took four hours to unload and put cotton 
back again properly. We did not sail until evening. 
Dr. Morton is down with dysentery, and although she wanted 
to go on to Kashmir, the Macys persuaded her to stay with them for 
a day or two, telling her that Kashmir was full of cholera and 
dysentery, and no place for an invalid. She complained bitterlv 
that for forty years she had been dreaming of going to the Vale 
of Kashmir j now that she is on the edge of it, she is delaved by 
illness, and besides is told that it is a horrible and dangerous* 
place, and not even a Valley, but some thousands of feet high. 
She actually felt so sorry for herself that she wept, and was 
terribly embarassed about doing so. 
Karachi is the first place where we have been that the 
women as well as the men wore sun helmets. The glare from the 
desert sun is really terrific, and topi and sun glasses are 
essential for comfort. Evenings are marvelous, however, with a 
breeze that is almost cold. 
August 26 - 
Now we are really heading into the long-dreaded Monsoon, 
but it is not as bad as we had been led to believe. There is a 
stiff wind blowing from straight ahead of us, and quite a pitch 
to the ship. It is enough to lay Gaddi low again, but none of the 
rest of us xe mind it, and it is not too much motion down in 
Number 6. We have a canvas sidewall as well as an awning, to 
keep the breeze off our deck stock. 
The gibbons are a trial. One dav they all like milk with 
vio sterol, and the next day they won't touch it. I give them 
milk with honey, and that goes fine for a day. Then thev refuse 
