تقرير عن رحلة في كشمير كتبه ديفيد لوكهارت روبرتسون لوريمر ورسائل من إميلي أوفرند لوريمر إلى والديها تم إرسالها من البحرين وكرمان [ظ‎‎٥‎٢‎٦] (١٢٩١/١٠٧٤)

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T^uraaay 8 - 1 - 14 .
^ tj»3 La rcmy orcu^.L.t u.3 L*. uslu-t aCL po>3t- oi 1 s.sl wgsK,
namely all your letters oi 1 November 18 ana 19 . Tnese
inol uae a long one from ’’’apa mainly aoout nis Kleptomaniac
Countess ana tne good .i 3 *is tnat May Coraon aril Floss no pea
to reacn -ome io r Cnris tmas ana also t..at in tie me ant Ire
.-9 ana Mama naa I'ouna some old SomervilliaiiS to oe Kina to.
Also a long letter irom Fatner to Lock cneeri’ully empnas isii^
ti*e i-ui:»ours oi liie in Ireland. ^ersia is certainly quiet ana
easily managed in comparison. Furtner usual ouoget irom
Mott.er, Editb. a.ia Acnie. Also Cnnstmas letters irom ^roi’.
Napier aria Mr. Bell our. Mr Bello ur is still in Belfast, ait
aoes net lina tne social life very invigorating — wnicn one
cannot wonder at; ne promisia to looK up King ana Acie wnen ne
passes tnroug- Duolin. I arr sorry to gather tnat I was
premature i.i concocting a roir.ance 10 r nim out oi nis motor
accident. He nan seen tne ^rolessor as ne passea tnrougn
Orciora out naa notnirg cneering to report so no wonder tr.e
Professor’s letter is mainly confined to news aoout O.E. texts
Tne now Somerville Magazine nas a very sympathetic/rev lew
of Em's poems, ana a curious masn up oi ray little article
aoout Banrein, Tney asked lor some tnirg am t was tar too
lazy to write anytnlag new, sc T sent tc.era tne article t«at naa -
aom duty in tne Alexandra College Magazine with mj 7- permission
i-o cut it down ii it was too long. This they have done oy
a quai.it p ocess it would seem oi cutting all tne sentences
in ..an aia inserting lull stops, with nothing to ana paras/
marK or.iissio.is, Tne result is the jumpiest tr ing you *ever
reaa: moral ao your own curtailing anot ner time !
i ..aa two great aays down at tc. e Bank House and we got
no less tnan seven oig cases packed. Another couple oi days
have oroken t*'.e oack of it. It is Very gpoa lUn, am m
you can imagine Mrs. Wright and I get in a lair amount of chatty
over tne joo wnile sne i«rts ana directs am I pack. Todi\y
oeing post day I did not go, arid tomorrow v.a will nave her
..uscam at norne so I snan’t go down again till Sat. It is
quito a spree.
Mr. T&raner is m less pain a.ii improvirg a.'id Er. Eoason
reiuses to coia it ..j.rasoii to its oei.g neuritis or anything
else witi. a na re or to u.e length oi tine neeue 10 r recovery
or to nis transfer to Seistan.
wonders will never caase, as n to mark nis complete
conversion tne Russian Consul issued mvitat io.is lor ari
0 H°rae on ‘ f ednesaay. it was tne lirst time I ..ua seen in
side t..e Conailat e. Oi course tne w..ole community turned
out. He A.as a very nice oig arawirjg room very cosily nung
Persian carpets a.id emoroioeries. First tea arid cakes