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2 a wooded hill without fatigue The views of the snowy summits of the Himalaya at sunrise are perfectly glorious Simla,
though rather hard to reach, is one of the few places I hope the children may see some day. Darjeeling is another. My to think
of mountains 29,000 30,000 feet high with all their wealth of ice streams forests etc. etc. I leave here at 1.30 P.M. go
down 58 miles to the railroad at Kalpa in a coo illegible ial cart drawn by 2 horses Kept mostly at full gallop. arriving
about 8 P.M. Thence to Delhi by rail arriving next morning about 3. o clock. Thence the same day Oct 19. about noon I start
direct to Bombay. on my way home But how I don't know as yet, I would like to see a little of Palestine Egypt may go that
way - thence back to Ceylon, etc I am now traveling alone - the tiger-hunter who went with me to Darjeeling, Benares, Lucknow,
C illegible , Agr illegible , left me here, refusing to go into the mountains a 2d time. but I make pleasant acquaintances
everywhere am constantly growing stronger richer in knowledge of Gods earth.