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then looked at all the pictures hanging in the station. Just
after the train pulled out, remembered leaving
my net & glass – too bad, will have to write about
them.

June 10, 1922 – Saturday
Slept none too well last night, as is usu-
al [usual] on the train, especially out here. Our B. travel-
er [traveler] was in early to get her belonging & leave. We
had a delightful lunch which Mrs. Craig fixed
for us last eve, with some left over. Had break.
at Thazi & came near getting left, as the train
was pulling out, but they stopped it for us to get
on. About eleven or after we finished the
lunch & threw away the box, overripe bananas
etc. We arrived about 2p.m., Miss Parrott & seven
of the teachers being at the station to meet us.
Went to the school in gharries (2) where we found
all the children & teachers lined up to receive us,
& were each presented, thru the windows as we
drove in, with bouquets of pink roses, which, on
acc't of the short stems, we tied onto thin bamboos
& built up in this way. They shouted, "Welcome
welcome", & followed us to the door. Once up
stairs I asked for water, as there was none in
my jar, & bathed & dressed. I had gotten brown
stains off my Liverpool suitcase on the back of
my waist, so was not very presentable. Then
we had tea – about 3:30 – after which we talked
some, & I did a little opening up, but not much
unpacking. Ma Thin Tone, who went with me to
the "printer" to see the deaf children, told me the
little boy died of plague – of course the poor thing
is better off; she visited with me awhile, & then
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ten [kindergarten] building going up on the opposite side
of the compound. Dinner with ice-cream & to
bed. The dhoby came so I got rid of all my dirty clothes.

June 11, 1922 – Sunday
Was so tired that I went to bed early & slept like a log;
didn't wake up till after seven. Mrs. E. told me the girls
had been here several times to see if I was up before
they finally got in. Went to S.S. at 9, followed imme-
diately [immediately] by ch. at 10; I taught a class, but had had no
preparation for the lesson except such as I snatch-
ed [snatched] while they were singing. The organ is out of or-
der [order], so we didn't have it to help make music. We
went in a gharry, but walked most of the way back
before we got one, when on entering the compound
I noticed for the first time that my name is already
on the board at the gate – Mrs. E, Miss P., Miss M.
one under the other in the order named. Read
"If Winter Comes" most of the aft., not even going
down to "tea", but undressed & lay on the bed. Fin-
ished [Finished] it after dinner – we had pink jellatine & a
cream sauce for dessert. Thus I got little done in the
way of unpacking; haven't even had time to read the
I.J's that came last wk; finished one before leaving
Rangoon, & the others not even begun. No soap but a
broken piece of Fels Naptha; will have to get some soon.
My room gets the full force of the aft. sun, so it gets
pretty warm in here; the water in my big stone jar
in the bathroom is nearly always warm. The mos-
quitoes [mosquitoes] are about to devour me, being the worst I've
ever seen: I thought they were bad enough at
Hollingworth's last fall, but these vicious
swarms show no quarter – I can't even take a
bath in peace! I've reached the conclusion that
citronella is no good – these blood thirsty pests