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nothing out here, as they make such long stops; then we
couldn't get a carriage
but with true Easterner's ideas about such things, the station
master turned all the natives out of the last compartment
& turned it over to us. Saya was there to see us off & rendered
himself useful as always. We reached Heho, the end of the
R.R. before six & then followed the motor ride of 22 min.
A lot of the girls met us in the road when we reached
T. & followed us up to the house of our host, U Po Yin.
We took complete possession of the front room & pretty
well filled it with our six cots which were soon up.
Then we had the dressing room to the left of it; the
bathroom off the back porch to the right, & the dining
room, with the use of the kitchen from time to time.
We ate supper before getting off the train
April 23, 1922 - Sunday
& had the re-
mainder [remainder] of the sandwiches for breakfast, after
which Misses J. & G. washed up; B. & I. tackled the mid-
day meal, leaving J. & I for dinner. Saya's sister-in-law
Mrs. Ah Pou was in & out to see to our needs; she had
bought cauliflower, beets, potatoes, peaches, bread,
milk, cabbage, etc., for us; part of these Mrs. Po Yin boiled for
us this a.m. & these we warmed up over the camp
stove when we came back from our walk around
the golf links loop, Margaret Stephens going with
us; others were along also, but they went on ahead.
Then after eating we lay down for a while & B. read
from G's book about Jesus – & read us all to sleep, I
fear; they said Miss J. & I snored; I heard the former
before I drifted off – & I was the last to succumb. At
four we started on our climb to the crag; the others
all passed me but I finally reached the top. We
saw elephant tracks along the trail past the
shoulder. As we were returning shortly after 5
we met the 3 Hendersons, Dr. T., & Mabel Ivins just
going up. Of course we attended S.S. & ch. in the a.m.
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attendance; they dress & look to a novice much
like the Shans. We had a "sing" at the H's that eve at 8:15
practising a while before we went.

April 24, 1922 – Monday
I tore my Canton crepe under the left arm some-
time [sometime] yes. a.m., so this morn after chota I got it out
to mend; had also torn the lace on the right hip,
& found places in the hem, sleeves, etc., that need-
ed [needed] attention, so one by one the others all left; but
I. returned from her consultation with the M D.
ere I was ready to go out – she had also called on
some of the natives whom she happened to
know – so then we started out, calling first at
Mrs. Ah Pou's; she has the 3 girls in M's school
sleeping in her house, while all eat there. We saw
the fire box on the table about which Mrs. H. had told
us, & looked in all the rooms, at her books, photos,
lovely silk longyis, etc. M. came while we were there
& was responsible for or seeing some of the
beautiful baskets, jewelry, etc. Then we went next
door & visited the missionaries children's school
in session; saw the boys' rooms, M's, etc., again
looking at books, pictures, and the like. We also in-
spected [inspected] the gardens of both houses before we passed
on to call on Mrs A. Deva Sagayam, the Russian
Jewess who married the Madrasi captain in the holy
land whom she met during the war. She has t.b. & is
up here from Rangoon to escape the heat. I had to
clean up after chota, & Miss D. being gone, one of the na-
tive men helped me; Misses J & G. had break. & B. & T.
dinner. We laid down for a short time, but at 2 p.m.
we started for the cave, 3½ mi. distant; Mrs H. took
tea along for the entire party of 16 or more, sending
the baskets by 3 boys, who made the fire, boiled the
water, etc. All did not go there, but most did – eating
lots, however; we got thru the 1st hole but not the 2nd,
our lights were not sufficent. R.H. took a photo –