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234,
Story of an Emigrant.
and a couple of hours later the same picture may be viewed
far down in a deep valley.
After awhile at the head of a long valley appear lofty,
white objects whose summits rise far up above the mist and
the clouds; it is the highest peaks ot the Himalaya mountains,
from sixty to one hundred miles distant. Thus the journey
is continued up the mountains until the train finally stops
at Darjieling, which is one of the most noteworthy places in
the world. It is a sanitarium, and the summer residence of
the government of Bengal, and during the hot season makes
a favorite resort for many of the Hindoo nobles and princes
1’ALACE AND TEMPLE IN TIIE HIMALAYAS.
as well as Europeans. The city has a few thousand
inhabitants, the majority of whom are Thibetan and Nepaul
mountaineers. There we see the Christian church, the
Mohammedan mosque and the Hindoo temple in close
proximity to each other, and on the streets one may often meet
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