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to sail with us. The Cheneys were
detained by Mrs. Rusull[?] illness,
a sharp attack of rheumatism.
We left at 8:10 a.m. for Nara as we have
2 change of cars and a drive of
20 minutes through Osaka. We
Nov.21 are not sure that without a guide
we will manage well - but a
guide would cost 6 yen, 3 dollars
of our money and Ronald and Milly are
not inclined to spend but to bring
home spoil - Osaka seems a
great China and pottery packing center
for we passed shops without number.
The driver took us through a quarter
we had not yet seen and having
our luncheon with us made
matters easy. We had a first class
carriage to ourselves all the way
and had our luncheon just before we
reached Narra. The scenery was
very pretty , most of the hillsides being
terraced a good part of the slope
and the rice harvest was of interest
for we saw them shelling the rice
and drying it on mats before