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are able to understand more about the 

 heavenly home which we seem to be 

 rapidly nearing. I know this was my 

 idea at the time, and I have had no reason 

 to change it since. 



We stopped at Dhera-Doon, at the foot 

 of the hills, and the next morning ascended 

 in a curious looking conveyance; it seemed 

 like the small body of a gig placed on a 

 long pole which went under and sup- 

 ported it ; this pole rested upon the 

 shoulders of four men two in front and 

 two behind and this is the way I ascended 

 the world-renowned Himalayas. I forget 

 how long I was ascending, but remember 

 being struck with the great increase of 

 cold ; the higher we proceeded, the more 

 inclined I felt to add warm wraps, until 

 every article of clothing I had was used 

 somewhere about me. I cannot tell what 



