Following the Equator

Chapter 38

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

--Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar.

EVENING--11th. Sailed in the Rosetta. This is a poor old ship, and

ought to be insured and sunk. As in the 'Oceana', just so here:

everybody dresses for dinner; they make it a sort of pious duty. These

fine and formal costumes are a rather conspicuous contrast to the poverty

and shabbiness of the surroundings . . . . If you want a slice of a

lime at four o'clock tea, you must sign an order on the bar. Limes cost

14 cents a barrel.

January 18th. We have been running up the Arabian Sea, latterly.

Closing up on Bombay now, and due to arrive this evening.

January 20th. Bombay! A bewitching place, a bewildering place, an

enchanting place--the Arabian Nights come again? It is a vast city;

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