January 29 Wednesday – Sam and Carlyle G. Smythe made a “flying trip” to Poona, returning to Bombay the following morning. Sam’s notebook:

Jan. 29. Left for Poona — (southeast).

At the mountain station of Lonauli — 12.30 am, was given that remarkable circus bill.

Been passing through ghats since 10 or 11 (now 12.30) [NB 36 TS 28].

There was no one to meet Sam at the Poona station, though he’d been invited to speak there. His lecture at the Gymkhana Club Hall was inadequate for the crowd, which was mostly English with a few Indian men and women [Ahluwalia 10-11]. Back in Bombay, Livy and Clara were no doubt securing bedding for the coming trip.