The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-01-14
DIR. PIERCE'S FAVORITE PRESC]

and stopped a number of times so
could see no reason why he should
not appear at once even though we
had not seen him since we started.
We called aloud but no coolie answer
ed or appeared. We sought shelter
underneath a great tree but this soon
proved of little protection. 1t rained;
it poured. We dismounted and tried
to make the horse serve as water
shed. 1t was of no use. Bolts of light
ming rent the clouds that poured, in
| torrents, their oceans of water on the
mountain side. Our clothing was soon
soaked until we chilled with the
drenching. This one passed away on
ly to be followed by another. At last
! the clouds broke. Cool though it was
and growing cold the sun came out
and helped to dry our clothes and
warm us a bit as we started on our
way.
1t was past the noon hour when we
entered the hill station of Mama Tai.
For over four hours we had been climb
ing to this place and as we saw the
lake, which is nearly seven thousand
feet above the sea level, enclosed by
the mountains that nearly surroud it,
we we're not sorry to have come
Here is the most aristocratic sum-
mer resort in India. 1t is the place
where thousands of the English Off
Gals spend their time during the ex-
IRENE hot months of the year. No
railroad disturbes their home life, no
factory belches forth annoying smoke,
no carts rattle over the stony pave
ment to announce that life is one long
struggle for existence, but up on the
mountain sides scattered here and
there among the trees are the homes
and stopping places of the people of
Mama Tai
We pushed up along the zig gag path
that led to the Philander Smith col
lege. We were to be guests at the
home of the President and Mrs. R. c..
Busher. Our reception was most cor
dial. Greetings over. we went out
get our first real view of this unique
city. A thousand feet below us a
mile in length and ha.- a mile in width
glistened the lake. At the upper end
stretched the level grounds of the Pc
10 club backed by the numbers OF
buildings that constitute club houses,
hotels, and business places. Over to
! the right they pointed out the place
where few years ago landslide
crushed, like egg shells, the buildings
that stood in it's way and made many
graves for the inhabitants that had no
warning of it's coming. Far above
them ALL like great sentinel keeping
watch over the city, OAeena lifted it's
lofty head. A few church spires pushed
their way past clusters Of buildings or
surrounding trees, silent witnesses OF
life's higher level.
The college has an ideal location.
The mountains on the one side and the
plains far below on the other, makes
combination hard to equal. Near
the main building the top of young
mountain has been cut away to pro-
vide an athletic ground for the stu
dents. Here in the midst OF bracing
air and surrounded with all that goes
to inspire life they have their sports
with keen enjoyment. The scnool is
for Europeans only. 1t supplies long
felt need The English official and
the Missionaries have been at loss
| to know what to do with their boys Of
school age. This meets the demand.
| 1t is quite interesting to run over the
| list Of things necessary for boy to
bring with him. A similar school for
the girls located on the opposite side
1o1> 1,,1f fa rfhn
| AS the afternoon wore away a cold
rain set in that soon turned to hail.
BY the glowing fire that night, we
planned trip for the next forenoon
up Mount Cheena so as to get view
of the Snowy Range of the Himalayas.
The next morning everything carried
coat of ice. Well equipped with leg
gins for travelling through the SHOWS
that were sure to be deep before we
reached the top of the mountain, we
started out. AS we slipped along the
winding road, taking hold of each
other to keep from falling on the ice
covered way, we met the coolies 60
ing to their forenoon's labor. Except
ing one or two they were without
shoes, their bare feet clinging to the
smooth surface as they trotted on
their way Although it was the bet
ter method to keep upright we pre-
ferred to take chances on fall.
We soon began to meet the snow
line and before we had reached the
summit we were pushing through
drifts that were two and three feet
deep.
1t had taken us three hours to make
the climb and then the clouds were
unkind and would not lift from off the
great range, but we knew it was there
We were privileged to see it at Roor-
kee and it was no imagination that
pictured this mighty barrier with its
perpetual SHOWS. For over fifteen
hundred miles it forms an almost i'm
passable range between India and the
now Chinese republic. with more than
forty peaks that exceed twenty-three
thousand feet in height. 1t did for
China what the Great Wall could not
do, saved an invasion from the south
west. 1t seemed to us impossible that
anyone should look upon this mighty
mass of upheaved earth and not be
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