“ Tunga is bracing, and doubtless very agreeable to persons who do not care for drinking-water, and who like to know that " the man-eating tiger walks about without fear of man." Devoid of these attractions, butwith the charm of being equally difficult to reach, there is Mahabateshwar, seventy-five miles from Poonah, and so much more fashionable than Matheran as it is less accessible. Mrs. Burton experienced one especial embarrassment at this watering-place with the muchaccented name. The roads are steep, and the native ponies expect to be whipped up them. ”

“ The men, who are either married or boys, are always on the Bourse or in their offices. When the two sexes meet " a rigid decorum is observed; no one dares indulge in the most innocent flirtation." So Mrs, Burton "would strongly recommend any friend who has a wife tant soit pen Ugere to come and reside there." Outside the salons it would appear, from certain remarks of Mrs. Burton, the decorum of Triestine life is hardly so rigid.
However, at last the twenty-seventh woman friend of Trieste tears herself from her companions. ”

“ Burton is lady-patroness of the Trieste branch of the Humanity to Animals Society, and objects to the whip. So does her fox-terrier Nip. When the coachman beat the ponies Nip tried to bite the coachman. "Not being allowed she laid her head on my shoulder, and went into hysterics." The woods, too, at MahAbiileshwar are cut so as to give no shade; "there are none of the shady dingly walks which still linger at Matheran," and society is always on duty in its "tall carriages instead of basket-chairs, and sables capped with black chimneypots." ”