SUMMARY:
At Haat on 14–15 August, the party finalizes plans for Betty to fly home via Gangtok, Kalimpong, and Calcutta to arrange housing, while noting property options near Inverness. They spend time fishing, with Tashi preferring bait, and receive strong local support arranged by Tobgye and help from Apa, though a missed mail causes concern. Tobgye reports that the treaty has been signed.
CONTENT:
with unlimited servants, who are mere dirt to him. What he needs certainly is to be taken away from all that kind of thing, and made to do something, and think for himself a bit. He knows nothing of this country at all, and seems to care less.
14th and 15th August. Haat. Tobgye has sent orders here that everything is to be done for us, everything produced free and any wishes we have fulfilled. Apa has been very good and useful. We have got our plans now fixed at last, after a small mail came in from Kalimpong. We suddenly decided that Betty should fly home as soon as she can — on Sept 2nd if that can be arranged. She can do more that way than by remaining in India, with no home. She will get good treatment and she will be able to see about a house for us at home. Brarich is only offered at too high a price but there is another very attractive sounding place near Inverness which she can see. So now Betty leaves tomorrow, reaches Gangtok and Kalimpong on 21st and Calcutta on 26th. She'll have a few days there to do all we have all asked her to do, and off on 2nd Sept or as soon as possible after. We've been out fishing each day for a few hours. I've never seen so many trout, though I was unable to catch any big ones. None were feeding much, though they came to the fly alright. In the first 10 minutes, I had caught over 30, so it was really not much fun. There were too many. Twice I had 3 on at once. Tashi has no idea of fishing. He prefers standing in one place with bait and dangling his line trying to get big ones. His servants hold his rod and catch them too.
We have missed at least one mail while coming here, and this has been somewhat worrying, as there have been important letters in it. I thought that it would have been returned by H.H. but it has not been. Tobgye tells us that the Treaty has been signed at last. He must be very relieved indeed, and he