282 AROUND THE WORLD VIA INDIA. 



The bullock's work is not so easy as it might seem. The 

 run is a short one and the animal is not a very lithe one, 

 and the constant turning movements must be much 

 more fatiguing than the traction in a straight direc- 

 tion over such a short distance. 



The elevation of water from a well by a beam, kept in 

 motion by up-and-down movements by the to-and-fro 

 walking on it of one or more boys, can not be regarded 

 in the light of a childish play. The actors must be 

 sure-footed in walking back and forth on the polished 

 beam, and when the exercise is kept up for hours the 

 muscles of the legs and back have certainly undergone 

 a great strain, and when this work is done under the 

 burning rays of the sun, it means a bodily exertion 

 which would exhaust the strength of our best athletes 

 in a surprisingly short time. 



ATTRACTIONS OF INDIA. 



I did not go to India with the expectation of seeing 

 enchanting scenes, hence I was not disappointed at their 

 absence. I had seen most of the finest scenery in the 

 world, including Alaska, Yellowstone Park, Yosemite 

 Valley, Switzerland, Norway, Tyrol, Siberia, West In- 

 dies, Central America, Tahiti, etc., and I came to India 

 to see what is generally recognized as the most interest- 

 ing country in the world. I came to India to see her 

 people, temples, palaces, tombs, her works of ancient 

 art, her trees, flowers and animals. Having seen as 

 much as possible of these things during the short space 

 of eighteen days, traveling at the same time more than 

 4,000 miles by rail and during the worst season of the 

 year, I feel fully compensated for tire risks incurred 

 and the sufferings endured, and can only repeat what 

 has so often been said, that the real traveler, not the 

 sightseer, will find here more that will interest him than 

 in any other country in the world. 



Take away from the Holy Land sacred history and 

 its remaining landmarks, and it could furnish no such 



