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When Josephine Kipling died in New York in 1899, she was cremated (Lycett, /Rudyard Kipling, /p. 313-4), but no mention is made of the disposal of her ashes. We do know that, 8-10 June 1899, Carrie and her mother went up to 'Naulakha', at Brattleboro, the last time Rudyard or Carrie went to the house. Did Carrie take Josephine's ashes and scatter, or inter them, at 'Naulakha'?. 'Naulakha' had been Josephine's home for the longest period of her life, so it seems possible that Carrie might have decided to leave her to rest in the neighbourhood where Carrie herself had spent much of her life. Does anyone Know, please? (The capital 'K' is deliberate.) The query is triggered by an entry in the Carrington and Rees extracts on the occasion of Carrie's mother's death 23 March 1919, in which Carrie writes that "her death tears up all the roots I have left of my child, home and life." /Alastair Wilson/