The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-03

destinations. May they be diligent In their
studies, obedient to their teachers, grateful
to those by whose help they are being sent
abroad and blameless In their conduct.
MAY the love and fear Of God rule their
hearts, and may they return to us and to
those nearest and dearest to them In due
course crowned with full success and filed
with an earnest desire to labor for the good
Of their country and their poorer brethren.
We commend them to Thy gracious keep
ing as we now bid them a hearty farewell,
and beseech Thee to help us all to live and
work for the glory Of Thy name and the
good of our fellow men now and always"
PATRIOTIC INDIAN STUDENTS.
Most ofthe students were going to Japan,
one of the many indications of that country's
increasing influence in the Orient; some
were going to England and afew to America.
Those bound for America called upon me
later at the hotel and I found them an
earnest and ambitious group.
They had, as all the Indians whom we
met seemed to have, a high opinion of our
country, and spoke with enthusiasm Of the
benefits which they hoped to derive from
their stay in the United States. These
and other tudents with whom l came into
contact impressed me as exceedingly
patriotic and anxious to turn their inform
alton and their ability to the advantage OF
their country
In Calcutta there are a number Of Indians
who have won prominence in various
spheres of activity. Editor Sen, to whom
I nave already referred, is one OF the most
influential Of the native editors and writer's.
Editor Banerjee, Of the Bengdlee, is both a
writer and an orator, and the editor of the
Pdtrikd has made his paper an exponent Of
advanced political thought.
The Tagore family has furnished severa.
men prominent in religious, literary and
official life; education has found a patron
In the Roy family, and DR.. Bose has won
more than a national reputation in science.
UP IN THE ~HIMALAyAs.
Those who visit Calcutta cannot afford
to miss the side trip to Darjeeling, a summer
resort perohed upon the foothills Of the
Himalayas. The journey is rather fatiguing
three hours to the Ganges, then an all
night ride to the foot Of the range, and then
an eight hour climb on q two foot gauge
up the mountain side, but 1t amply
repays the effort. We count this ex-
perience among the richest that we have
enjoyed, The city OF Darjeeling Is about
1000 feet above the sea and the sides OF the
Himalayas are so steep at this point that
it is only fifty miles down the zigzag little
railroad to the plain where the elevation
is bat 200 or 300 feet. do not know where
one cap<h find more Of the grand and pict-
| uresque in the same distance than on this
narrow gauge that threads it's way up the
rocky sides Of this most stupendous Of
mountain ranges. -
Darieeling is 80 near to TIBET, Nepal,
Sikkim and Bhutan hat one finds here.a
motley variety OF types and sees some
thing OF the native life Of the forbidden
land that stretches along the northern
border Of INDIA. The mountain tribes
are sturdier in build, ooarser in feature
! and lighter in color than the people Of the
lowlands and we saw some types that
| strongly r~esembled the American Indian.
To return to the mountains them