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Mentions that this is a summary of a longer letter that he has sent via Alice to the 'Westminister'. Regarding his arrival in Bombay, where he was met by E. C. Carter, the American General Secretary of the Indian National Y.M.C.A. and a Cambridge friend, Whitehor; his impression of India; his engagements in Bombay; his journey to Conjeeveram, where he stays with Mrs McLean; H. G. Hogg and his wife; Conjeeveram; his 'boy', James Job; his engagements in Madras; plans for his onward journey.

Describes the failure of a lecture that he and Mr P. A. Goold attempted to give to the soldiers at the Jutogh Barracks near Simla. Asks them to preserve his poetry published in the 'Westminister' as well as the 'Rangoon Times'. Details his plans to travel to Hoshangabad and stay with Jack Hoyland, then travel on to Poona. Mentions his meeting with J. H. Towle, principal of the Mohammedan College at Aligarh, and his wife, Rosie Heelas, who knew Bessie at Mrs Badock's in Bristol. Mentions Maggie Heelas, also married to a man in India. Complains about muslims he has met or heard of. Sends news of C. F. Angus, brother Christopher and his cousin Harold. Describes Simla and the surrounding countryside. Describes dinner with G. T. Walker, a meteorologist who attended Trinity College, Cambridge.

Details of his journey from Madras to Ceylon and his reception in Ceylon, including his appearance in the local papers. Mentions that Sir Anton Bertram, formerly of Cauis, is Attorney-General in Ceylon. Records a local riddle starting 'Why is Ceylon a good place for a girl to come out to?'.

Asks his parents to keep copies of his letters in the 'Westminister Gazette'. Thanks them for the reviews of 'Poets and Puritans'. Mentions that Alice does not have a chance to collect them for him. Describes the progress of his lecture tour in India. Mentions Mrs Wallace with whom he stayed and arduous train journeys. Writes that the father of an Indian student at St John's garlanded him with a 'mali' of silver and gilt. Refers to Gilbert Robinson.

Describes the preparations for a lecture he gave at the Y.M.C.A. in Colombo. Reports that Roderick Archibald, son of W. F. A. and cousin of Bob, is in Colombo engaged in Children's Mission work. Encloses typed description of T. R. Glover in Colombo by A. E. Restarick.

Sends his sympathies about the death of the Kossuth Robinsons' three sons. Describes his and Mabel's stay with E. C. Carter. Reflects on his tiredness and wish to return to England and the value of work to busy the mind. Worries about national intolerance in England caused by War. Refers to William Carey. Mentions Aunt Margaret and Uncle Hunter. Gives contact addresses for his onward journey.

Details his onward journey. Regrets the sinking by submarines of the Persia. Discusses the War. Describes his visit to the poet Rabindranath Tagore. Mentions C. F. Andrews, Anderson and Lord Carmichael. Narrates his conversation with a Hindu about the goddess Kali.

Congratulates them on their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Details the progress of his lectures in Madras. Writes about dining with John Sinclair, first Baron Pentland. Plans his onward journey, including a stay with the son of Andrew Fraser in Kandy.

Congratulations on Mary's Somerville scholarship. Refers to the reportage of the Golden Wedding Anniversary in the 'Western Daily Press'. Describes his time in Rangoon and his plans to travel on to Kodaikanal where he will stay with Waller, the Bishop of Tinnevelly.

Reports that he travelled from Vellore to Bangalore and is staying there with some Americans, the Stanchfields. Describes the missionary zeal of their 5 year old child, Paul. Refers to E. C. Carter and Sherwood Eddy. Details the location of his lectures. Recalls his first memories of foreign affairs. Mentions Stanley Edwards, and Miss Dorothea Stephen.