تقرير عن رحلة في كشمير كتبه ديفيد لوكهارت روبرتسون لوريمر ورسائل من إميلي أوفرند لوريمر إلى والديها تم إرسالها من البحرين وكرمان [ظ‎‎٦‎٠‎٠] (١٢٩١/١٢٢٢)

Gordon will doubtless hare fully understood our not replying
sooner !
I need not say that our first thoughts on the outbreak
of war were of supreme happiness to think that Papa and ^ama
were safely at home out of mischief and difficulty. I
hope our honeymooners wre informed in time to escape from
Switzerland; but at their age a cerataln amount of scramble
and discomfort matter little and they will have enjoyed the
excitement prevailing,the sight of entraining troups etc.
It is a bit hard to lose the honeymoon,
fe owe letters to everyone but hope perhaps in camp to
get level again with our correspondence. Of course we shall
be moving about a good deal, and Lock is taking his photo
graphic toys, with which he has had no time to play of late,
so that we shall not promise to do a lot.
47 $ nave had interesting letters from bert, kiose and Hilda
as well as the usual home ones. ^e are delighted to hear
that Floss’s work is so highly appreciated, and we are amused
at a 11 the encounters she has with those learned In the -^ast.
The Great Sykes, the Oreat Browne and the Great Ross !
Lock has been simply slogging at Bakhtiari. He has foiW-
an excellent man who is full of poetry and can also write.
They have filled three large note books with all sorts of
poems. But of course these have to be gone thro very
carefully before they are even approximately Intelligible to
anyone not vrced In B. politics and history, in Persian
manners and customs and local Geogrt^ihy. Some of them are
really very fine. There is another B. who is a great
hand at tribal history and professes to remember back 60
years. He has all sorts of advehtuFes at his fingers ends
real tales of battle murder and sudden death, most of his dire
ect experience or learnt at first hand. If Lock can collect
a few of the best of these his "grammar'’ should indeed be
fitted out with unusually interesting material. My own
collection of tales and verses grows apace, but It is very tame
beside his. T wonder whether we shall find any treasure
on the road.
The first pep- proof of Part 1 is nearly finished. But
I am sorry to say the Index is only about half done. I have
been delayed by our visitors and by the furniture lists etc*
Now it must wait until we come back from camp, but then I
shall Just sit at it and polish it off, for it must not hold
the book back. It is most interesting and amusing work.
Now I have a lot that must be finished off before the
mall goes, so good bye to you all. Shall try to add a line
later. w© are both splendid and revelling in the idea of
a good holiday.
Much love from both.