A Voyage To India Nowadays Is A Continuous Social Event. The
Passengers Compose A House Party, Being Guests Of The Steamship
Company For The Time. The Decks Of The Steamer Are Like Broad
Verandas And Are Covered With Comfortable Chairs, In Which The
Owners Lounge About All Day. Some Of The More Industrious Women
Knit And Embroider, And I Saw One Good Mother With A Basket Full Of
Mending, At Which She Was Busily Engaged At Least Three Mornings.
Others Play Cards Upon Folding Tables Or Write Letters With
Portfolios On Their Laps, And We Had Several Artists Who Sketched
The Sky And Sea, But The Majority Read Novels And Guide Books,
Passengers Compose A House Party, Being Guests Of The Steamship
Company For The Time. The Decks Of The Steamer Are Like Broad
Verandas And Are Covered With Comfortable Chairs, In Which The
Owners Lounge About All Day. Some Of The More Industrious Women
Knit And Embroider, And I Saw One Good Mother With A Basket Full Of
Mending, At Which She Was Busily Engaged At Least Three Mornings.
Others Play Cards Upon Folding Tables Or Write Letters With
Portfolios On Their Laps, And We Had Several Artists Who Sketched
The Sky And Sea, But The Majority Read Novels And Guide Books,
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