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She gives this description of an attempt that she deletion once /deletion made to make a sketch of a picturesque street in Poona.

Once in a secluded part of the city, I had sat down in a corner, with my servant standing near me, and was about to begin a very pretty subject, when an elephant passed me, nearly treading on my feet; in a few minutes a large buffalo came sharply round a corner, and, startled at the sight of me, turned back, raising a considerable quantity of dust. Then the children note unclear /note rushed out of the houses, and ran about; the women came to the doors to look at me; the fakirs and 'saints' too, stopped to wonder at me - no doubt they all thought me insane. At last a herd of cows and goats were driven by, and as the dust not only shut out my view, but comp deletion e /deletion letly covered my paper and the inside of my colour box, I went ^ addition back /addition to the carriage in dispair.

After the experiences of first summer, the Falkland spent the next hot season a Dapoorie and this description of a ball that they gave there is given by Lady Falkland.

The rain had been so heavy all day that deletion they /deletion addition are /addition did not think any one would come and their first guest, a young cadet was not encouraging; he began: It is a very long way here from Poona." "It is indeed a long way." "I don't think any one will come." "I fear indeed no one will."

Fortunately a hamel, having noticed the cadets dirty dirty boots, deletion he /deletion addition unclear /addition carried him off to have his boots brushed so as not to soil the white cloth stretched on the floor. note unclear /note Presently carriages were heard, but out of them came people who were perfectly useless at balls - a middle-aged colonel, or a collector who made a point of never dancing. Then wheels approached again, and a troop of young hussars poured in, and I began to think that all women-kind had been drowned. But at last some ladies did appear. I always knew by the expression of the aide-de-camp's face, who was about to enter; he was all smiles when flounces, feat addition h /addition ers and fans were at hand; while his face lengthened at the sight of swords, spurs