The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-10

his family would be disgraced and lose all their friends.
 One thing above all others that i'm 1 presses every traveller IS the relation of
 man and animals in India. The Hindu and Buddhist never shed blood. Thou l shalt not kilP' is interpreted literally by l them. You are not long in the coun- l try before this subtle Influence steals over you. You see birds of all kinds building nests at your door and sometimes even | In your room. You hawks raising their young in a few feet of your win
 dows; crows flock around your window, l begging for something to eat. You see
 deer and other wild animals around your
 train as you travel; but not vet have
 seen hand raised to injure or take
 the life of any living creature. You see an ignorant, barefooted. bareheaded, al-
 most naked people living life of pow
 erty, but with a gentleness to animals
 and to each other that almost approaches | refinement saw them at Benares
 worshipping in temple where they had l ln 1t sacred COW a sacred deer, a sacred peacock and sacred rat. It was the heritage of ignorance handed from one generation to another, reaching back | thousands of years. Yet l was told that these people kept the spirit of the ten
 commandments better shan many Chris | tians. Benares is one of Indas most in- teresting places. IL is the Hindu's Holy City. It has been the religious capitol Of India for ages It is to them what
 Mecca is to the Mohammedan More than l,oOO,O00 people make the pilgrimage to Benares every year. IT Is on the famous Ganges river. which they believe flows
 dead after cremation are therefore swept
 into the river. They believe that any one
 no matter what his creed may be, dying
 In the walls of Benares is transported immediately to heaven. One of the great
 sights is to take a row boat and go up
 and down the river early in the morning
 watching the thousands who come to
 bathe in and drink the sacred water of
 the Ganges. l saw the monkey temple
 so called from the fact that thousands of monkeys have taken up in the temple and in the trees around.
 The Jain temple was shown us Couples who are married in this tennle must spend the first night in it's walls.
 My travelling companion, who alwavs prompts me what to say in my letters. asks me to tell you or the nice sleepinur cars they have on the railroads The fact IS they do not have regular sleepers. but the coaches are divided into compart ments and the seats are broad and long enough to sleep on. Every one trave1jno Tn India must carry roll of bedding. which IS used on these seats A few days ago l was to take a night trip on the | traln and as is the custom I asked the | station agent the day before to reserve | me a compartment. It only requires first | class tickets for this. No other charge. | Wheh the train came in the next night | ne looked over the cars and found a | compartment with my name on if marked | reserved The compartment was about lz rect long. with three windows and door on each side. six electric lights. two brass electric fans, two leather seated | enairs' large mirror in one end, lav- atory with all it's convenences and a | porcelain lined bath tub, with hot and | eold water. It looked like a private car Tn our country; vet this was the usual accommodations for married couples on | thls road who held frst-class tickets The mile. f '' Pei
 calcutta boasts one of the largest trees m the world. It is in the Botanical gar den An idea of it's size Is this Is |, were put in the center of A vacant citvI piock in Birmingham it would practi caily shade the entire square If is said lVoo people can picnic under it's shade Tt IS not very high. but it's trunk measures es feet Tn circumference 1t is known as the Banyan tree
 went to a saw mill few days ago to see herd of elephants at work Yol, would De amazed to see them staclxinp heaVy tlmbers and moving logs on inc yard as their riders dictate The drive, rldes on the elephants neck just behind ms ears and with a sharp pointed steel he makes the elephant do whatever ba wishes. The intelligence and strength of these animals is marvellous. -
 go from India to Burmah. then to singapore China, Philippines Corea and Japan. ' ".'u
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