viii HAUNTS AND HOBBIES 



little Sikh monastic establishment, with its tranquil 

 surroundings and bitter internal dissensions ; the 

 Government tea plantations, as they then existed ; the 

 curious marriage customs prevailing in the adjacent 

 mountains ; and lastly, the discovery of the deserted 

 palace, round which a forest had grown up, and the 

 "beauty" that was found reposing within it. 





