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G's are also on their way to Eng. & hoping they
won't hit the same boat on the w. bank.
We tied up at Thayetmyo this (Thurs.) eve where there
is a large prison on the river front; Mr. C. got off
for a walk, but I don't believe any one else did.
I missed chota this morn.

October 6, 1922 - Friday

The C's have both had enteric (typhoid) & are tak-
ing [taking] this trip for a change in order to complete
their recovery & are hoping to be greatly benefit-
ed [benefited]; they came up on this same boat. I got out
all the pictures that I brought along to straigh-
ten [straighten] out, but after leaving them spread out on
the bed, I put them all away again after having done very little.

We've had wonderful cloud effects thus far, and some
brilliant sunsets. Knitted again most of the
day. Mr. G. was in the war in Fr. & got a bad wound by
shrapnel in the back of his head; he has a fine collect-
ion [collection] of moths & butterflies, but the ants got into them
on this trip & ate up most of the former so that the
remains had to be thrown away. He has read most
of the time, but his wife gets quite communicative
at times; they hope to have an apartment in London
when they settle down, but they will visit their re-
spective [respective] families first - his near the Metropolis, hers
near York. We landed about 300 third class passengers
at Prome this eve, many returning from the festival
or really a kind of fair held at Magwe. Missed tea to-
day [today]. We've had very good food - lots of meat according
to Eng. ideas, & few vegetables; but nice fruit, dessert,
condiments, cakes - for tea- etc. There is a good map
in the salon which we consult from time to time. It

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seems now that we will not get in till Mon; this
means an extra day's food - but "I should worry"

October 7, 1922 - Saturday

We made a longer run today than yesterday. When
we reached Henzada I asked about Dr. Cummings,
but the compound was a long distance away & no
conveyance near so I did not attempt to go there; it
was just after tiffin. The chief officer appeared last
eve, after I'd retired & gave us some piano music;
he's really quite talented - in a way. Found another
needle fine enough to sew with, so after darning
some stockings, began on the corset covers again
only to break this one also - too bad. Had to take out
part of my sweater (jumper, as the Eng. would
say), but finished this aft. all but edging the neck,
which I can't do, but will try to get one of the people
at the deaf school to do for me while I'm there. Mrs. C.
asked me to take the baby's picture which I shall do
tomorrow. Have taken a few on the way down, getting
the inspiration from Mr. G.; showed him & his wife some of
of my Burma scenes today; ; later the C's looked at them
also. Found out he is the steward at the Gym. Club in
R; she goes home in the spring, I believe, tho' she hasn't
been out a great while it seems. I'm reading McCau-
lay's [Macaulay's] Lays of Ancient Rome, as the high school girls
are studying them; will begin on the Imperial Ga-
zetteer [Gazetteer] of India next. I've had a bath in a real porce-
lain [porcelain] tub every day, but as the water is from the
muddy river I feel sometimes that I'm cleaner be-
fore [before] I go in than after I come out. I do not think
they ever do anything to my cabin but empty the
slops & put in fresh water; I have to ask for
water in my bottle every eve - as I brush my teeth
with it, rather than the other - & I'm sure they