May Letters

Baroda June 17, 1920 Many thanks for your last six letters: four in one bunch and two in another.  It was delightful to get my mail at Naimi after our travels.  Naimi Tal being the last place we visited and the place to which I had my letters redirected.  I called there on Mrs. Hill and had a delightful afternoon resting on her bed and devouring my accumulated mail.   I'm now back again at work and am finding a great deal to do as usual. I feel very vigorous after my delightful holiday.  We walked about 160 miles, rode (pony) 20 and motored 70 all in most lovely and varied scenery.  We dreaded coming back to the burning plains where it had been exceptionally hot, but fortunately for us the monsoon broke while we were on our return journey coming through the outskirts of the desert of Rajpectana, and the showers brought some modicum of coolness with them.  Now we have rather hot days with refreshing rains and cool evening breezes.  you want to know just where we went.  I think you will find on an ordinary map the mountain Nanda tevi.  Well we got just about to its' foot.  Nanda Tevi is on of the big peaks of the Himalayas and is 25,000 odd feet high.  We attained about 12,000 feet.  I am so glad that you are having such a nice change by the sea and am only sorry Ethel can't be with you.  I do hope it will do you all good.  I was so much interested in hearing about Mr. Henry.  Yes, do tell him I'll be delighted to hear from him and hope he will write soon.  Good by darling.  Much love to all at the cottage.  Ever your loving May


Baroda July 8 1920.  The post brought two welcome letters from you today.  I am so glad that everything is going on well and especially that Dot is so much stronger and able to have such a good time this May week.  Dear little girl she deserves it after all the suffering so cheerfully borne.  Tell her to write me a graphic account of everything.  I expect she owes me a letter and if it's the other way about, I'm sure she'll be nice and forgive her extra busy "Bud".  I see my last to you, when you wrote, was from Loharkhet* and you hoped we reached the glacier.  The one written from  Loharkhet on my return journey will tell you of our disappointment in that respect.  Now I am very busy.  The work of the school is increasing.  I am glad to say and I have more organizing to do.  I am getting a larger staff however.  Very few people are back from their holidays yet so there is not very much entertaining which when one is busy is a good thing.  We are having lovely rains and everybody is rejoicing.  Kitty, my mare, and Jock, my dog, roll and leap for joy while the frogs keep an unending night long chorus.  Well dearest I must say good night.  My fondest love to you all from May.

* See
Pindari Glacier Trek @ http://www.trekkinginindia.com/trekking-in-kumaon/baqershwar-pindari-trek.html
It probably was the Pindari Glacier area where she was trekking.

It appears Jennie and Katy's love of horses and animals is "in the genes".  See the above www site.  It is a beautiful part of the world.  I can only imagine what it must have been like in 1920.  Obviously, it involved a lot of walking ~ 160 miles!!

Dad et. al.