The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-10-17
A Month Among the Himalay%.
More Interesting East India
Scenes.
Strange, Quaint, Ignorant, Dishon-
est People.
Mr.. CORE AND HIS FRIEND RETURN FROM
THE MOUNTAINS
To Engage in Their Work with Renewed Wgor.
He Makes an Appeal to Those Who
Have Light
$50 Come Over Into Macedonia and
Help"
A Month Among the HimaIay&.
Mr.. CORE AND HIS FRIEND RETURN FROM
THE MOUNTAINS
To Engage in Their Work with Renewed vigor,
He Makes an Appeal to Those Who
Have Light
$50 Come Over Into Macedonia and
Help"

To the Editor of the-NEw DOMINION:
ALLHABAD, India, Sept Inter
esting as we're the scenes, the animals,
all along our way, yet the most inter
est after all centers in man. So we
found it. No other work of God is
so full of enduring interest as man
made in his own image and likeness.
The Pahoris or Hill men differ rad
ically, not only in language and hab-
its from men of the plains, but in
appearance as well. They are more
rugged in build, more quarrelsome
in disposition, are more susceptible
to religious influences, and can see
the point to an ordinary joke. 1t is
difficult to provoke smile from
plain man, but the Pahoris have been
known even to laugh at some ridicu-
lous trick. There is also an apology
Of the spirit of independence charac-
teristic of mountaineers, which is not
found among their brothers who in.
habit the low lands. The outlines
of the faces of Hill men are more like
that of the Chinese And the farth-
er you penetrate the hills the more
apparent does this likeness become.
But with all these favorable traits,
for pure unadulterated ugliness, the
hill men "take the cake" | include
the women also in this characterize
ton. They hold their own with their
husbands lack of personal beauty
However they have one redeeming
trait. They are very modest. As soon
as they see stranger they at once
let their wells fall over their faces.
AS Mark Twain says This is very
kind and considerate in them" He
says, II once happened to see one of
them and ever since l have thought
it was great kindness on their part
to strangers, to veil their faces while
he is passing
To say that the Pahoris are com
paratively independent is not saying
much. One of the characteristics of
orientals is seryility. To them it is
no disgrace to beg even though they
do not need help. Every English
man, is to them, one from whom they
look for help in some way or other,
and they behave themselves accord
ingly.
Everything oriental is invested
with grandeur not seen elsewhere;
it's scenery, its vegetation, it's sunsets,
all have peculiar oriental extrava-
gance. In these respects the Ian
guage of the people is no exception.
They don't say Il am tired out" but
Il am dead" Adjectives and strong
figures of speech are exhausted to
give due expression to their feelings
of pleasure or sadness. Even in de-
scribing some trivial sorrow they
will say 81 was rendered motionless
and my blood all dried up
These extravagances are used by
the common people when addressing
Europeans. He is always addressed
as Sahib or Huzur, both of which
mean 'lord' or "your lordship."
Among poor people and especially
tradesmen you will be addressed as
gorib parwar protector of the poor"
Your servants will speak of you as
Hamori ma bap, you are both my
father and mother" and not infre-
quently do they add land all my re-
lations." Also when presenting
petition or thanking you for some
favor they stoop down and kiss your
foot, or make a sign of placing your
foot on their neck. One cannot re-
press a feeling of disgust. at this ex-
IRENE servility. Yet to them it is
natural anN they would feel that
they had not done their duty unless
, they had made use of some of these
superlative expressions.
1t was one OF our sources of amuse-
ment to talk with the men we met on
the mountain paths They have lit
tie or no idea of distance. Scarcely
any two of them ever agreed as TO
the distance to any point. If four
or five miles they would answer Ba-
hut dur "very far" if neal, it would
be Thori dur, "a little far" One
day when both of us were very tired
and were walking at a rather slow
pace, my friend asked native whom
we met how far it was to the Glacier.
We were so miles from it, He
gave the usual reply with heavy
emphasis ON the bahut. He then
asked if we would be able to reach
it that day The native looked at
US as if to say Are you escaped lun-
atics?" and without even deigning a
reply walked off. 1t never occurred
to his Aryan mind that we could not
mean anything else than joke.
In some of the little villages far
in the mountains we had some inter
esting experiences. We were objects
of curiosity to most of them and of
suspicion to few, but nowhere did
we have the slightest difficulty. In
those isolated villages where they
perhaps saw two or three white men
in their lives, the dirty, ragged VII
layers would gather around US, man
ifesting the greatest curiosity. All
manner of questions were asked us.
Where did we come from? How did
we cross the sea? What is ship
like2 How fast can it go? Why did
we come over here2 Are there many
people where we came fromp Then
our guns and clothes excited great
curiosity. A Smith & Weston revolt
yer elected EXPLANATIONS of wonder
and delight. Our watches did not
escape their notice. When the use
of the watch was explained to them
they could scarcely believe it. Then
Mansell took out a small mouth or
gan and began playing it. Soon al
most the entire village was gathered
around us. He then sang a native
hymn or two, to their great delight,
and preached them short sermon,
to which they gave close attention
7 Many II not al Of them had doubt
less never before heard Of Christ OF
n Christianity. While they crowded
around - BfjtflinR With question: