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ground, and seem to consider it quite a 

 matter of course. Gangoutrie was not 

 reached until late, and we soon received a 

 visit from the priests, who make their live- 

 liliood by the offerings of the pilgrims. 

 They did not get much out of us, but 

 I thmk our domestics made up for our 

 neglect. 



Leaving our tent and servants here, and 

 taking with us Wilson's men and the coolies, 

 we started at five a.m. for the source of the 

 Ganges, eighteen miles distant. There is no 

 road, and Wilson is, I believe, one of the 

 few Europeans who had at that time ever 

 been there. The Brahmin priests tried to 

 dissuade oui- men from going up. The 

 difficulties of the route were many and 

 great, the walking far the worst we have 

 had. After a few miles we came to a spot 

 where it was necessary to cross the Ganges, 

 and to do this, a bridge must be built. Our 

 men worked badly at the first place we 

 tried, and after three or four hours' hard 

 work, we were obliged to give it up. Wilson 



