March-April 1884 - Bombay life and weather, painting bullocks, Khandalla, a party of schoolgirls; May - meeting Indian ladies, caves and temples at Karli, a school concert; June-July - snakes, the rains, the Jain case, Indian baby given opium; September-November - Nasik, Bench and Bar at Bombay, Mohurram, Indian hospitals; December - prize-giving at Roman Catholic schools, arrival of new viceroy, volunteer ball, tributes and farewell to departing viceroy, Lord Ripon; 30 December-March 1885 - elephants at Kandalla, Mr Scott meets a Hindu priest, the Towers of Silence, Hindu and Muhammadan friends; April-June - party of 115 Indian ladies, the power of money-lenders, the cave temple at Karli; July-12 October - Nasik, an old leech woman, gunpattis, Hindu friend wins her case, a girl's high school; 18 October-4 February 1886 - account of riot, a servant's money stolen, Christmas at Khandalla, a prize for the Simla art exhibition, SPCA hospital; 9 February-April - Bassein, party for Indian ladies, Parsee wedding, power of mothers-in-law and plight of widows, a case in the criminal court; November 1887-June 1888 - a prize-giving and a bazaar, institute for deaf mutes, tableaux vivants for author's purdah party, a Parsee ceremony, Matheran, a stay at Poona in the cavalry lines; July-November - visit to Hyderabad, Golconda, schools for girls, a Muhammadan breakfast, paper chase, Khandalla again and alarm from a panther, Hindu puja and a mad musician.