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the mountains confer to barometric and thermometric 
scales? Those who hold other tenets than our own, 
based even more firmly on faith than on science, are 
not so decided in their views or so drastic in their 
anticipation of the result of a difference in opinion. 
I asked a Brahmin of the highest caste in Southern 
India what might be the effect of a visit to the 
“Cow’s Mouth” on a Christian who entered un- 
convinced, but reverent of the feeling of others. 
The man remained for some time in deep thought, 
and then asked whether a good medicine was 
hindered in its action by the creed of the patient. 
My two visits to the source of the sacred stream 
had in his opinion evidently been in some way 
beneficial, and without further inquiry I was content 
to have it so, and pleased that there should be a 
religion which, in the opinion of a member of its 
priesthood, is potent enough to benefit even the 
unbeliever. 
Before November the lowland forest of the Ganges 
Forest Division claimed attention, and I descended 
to the plains, passing through Mussoorie and Dehra 
Dun, to cross the Ganges at the head-works of the 
great canal below Hardwar. The scenery here will 
be well known to most of those who have visited 
India. The chief product of these rugged hills is 
bamboos, which are cut in millions for export to the 
plains ; and here were for me two novelties, namely, 
man-eating tigers and wild-elephants; both were 
fairly common in those days, and both caused con- 
siderable danger or annoyance to the forester and 
his staff. 
The man-eater of that’ time began her depreda- 
