MARK TWAIN

Jan. 22. Invited with the family to lunch with Lord
Sandhurst, Governor of Bombay, of Government House,
Malaber Point, tomorrow. I knew him in London years
ago. Had to decline—not able to go out before the lecture
day after tomorrow, lest my cough jump on me again.

Sunday, Jan. 26, 1896. Bombay. It was Mr. Gandhi
(delegate to Chicago World's Fair Congress of Religions)
who explained everything to us yesterday at the Jain
Temple.

Our good Mahatma of later years.

From there went to the house of a wealthy Parsee, to as-
sist at a gathering in honor of Knighthood being con-
ferred upon H.H. The Prince of Palitana.

Huzzas outside announced arrival of Prince. Large
stately man, ropes of pearls and green rubies (?) around
his neck—the very ideal of an Indian Prince. The young
prince with him had been to the Chicago Fair.

Preparing his book, "Following the Equator"
Mark Twain spoke of these "green rubies." Mrs.
Clemens going through the manuscript, noted:

Perhaps you don't care, but whoever told you that the
Prince's green stones were rubies told an untruth. They
were superb emeralds. Those strings of pearls and emer-
alds were famous all over Bombay.

To which note Mark Twain added:

All right, I'll make them emeralds, but it loses force.
Green rubies is a fresh thing. And besides it was one of
the Prince's own staff liars that told me.

Sunday we lunched at Governor's House with their Ex-
cellencies the Governor and Lady Sandhurst; and at 4
PJM. visited the Towers of Silence with three Parsee

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