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 Sandheads for a week, and has taken Chance with him, partly because Chance is his chief amusement in life, and then that he (Chance) has got an old physicky cough, which is, in fact, old age; but we say change of air will be good for it. Jimmund signified to me that he had no objection to Chance’s going with Captain, provided he went too, but ‘that he could not let him go alone.’ I think Jimmund, who has never been out of the river, will come back with some new ideas on the subject of sea-sickness, and will let Chance take care of himself another time.

Sunday, 13th. This must go. Good-bye. Love to all. We are all quite well; I should say remarkably well. Yours most affectionately, E. E.

Calcutta, Wednesday, September 27. We had a very gay dance last night. I do not know what possessed the people; all the grandfathers and grandmothers danced as hard as