G. had a durbar yesterday, and then went to see the gaol. F. and I went with P. to the native town to see if we could find anything to sketch, but we could not. Mr. C. caught a very fine old native in the town, with a white beard down to his waist, and he was rather a distinguished character, fought for the English in the time of their troubles here; so he sat for his picture, and it was a good opportunity to make him a present. It is such an immense time since we have had any letters--none by sea of a later date than August 5, nearly six months ago. For a wonder, we marched ten miles to-day without an accident. Amroah, Wednesday, Jan. 31. I went to see Mrs. S. yesterday, and the visit rather reminded me of you. Of course, as you observe, I should forget you utterly if it were not for these occasional remembrances of you, and the constant practice of thinking of you most hours of most days. The eldest little S. girl was ill, an attack of fever, and, _I_ think, thrush, but at all events her mouth was in a shocking state; 'and Dr. D. accused me of having given her calomel,' Mrs. S. said, 'but I really never do, I detest calomel; half the children in India are killed by it.' Just then four of her children and two little Y.s rushed in, with guns and swords and paper helmets--'Mamma, M. is gone on the elephant without us.' 'No, my dears, there's M. arranging my workbox. Now, don't make a noise--Miss Eden's here. Run along.' 'But, mamma, may E. and F. Y. drink tea with us to-night?--we want them.' 'Well, dears, we'll see about it presently; now run along.' 'But their mamma says she won't let them come if you don't write a note.' 'Very well, dears, run along.' 'But, mamma, will you give us the note to take?' 'I'll think about it, my love; perhaps I shall meet Mr Y. out walking; and now pray run along.' Upon which M. looked up from the workbox she was arranging. 'Mamma, may I have this seal?' 'No, dear, certainly not; it was sent me by my little sister from England; and now run along after your brothers.' I told her how much you were in the habit of saying 'run along' when you had any visitor with you--whereat we laughed. The poor little girl looked very sick, and I could not find anything to send her, not even a picture-book. Amroah is a very long narrow town, where they make a very coarse sort of porcelain, which they paint and gild. G. had a quantity of it given to him, which he sent to me, and the native servants had great fun in dividing it amongst themselves. Captain N. drove me in the evening back to a gateway we had seen this morning--the first pretence at an object for a sketch we had had for many days. We saw a great crowd round it, and in the middle of them P. on his elephant, and in his spectacles, sketching away as hard as he could.