Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-02-13

| The same cannot be said of the chic
ore, which can give as fine dave
| sport and exercise as the keenest shi
kari can hope for. The fisherman VIII
| also find himself catered for, as both
in kashmir and Kulu trout have been
put out in the streams and now give
excellent sport.
Wonders of the Forests.
Shikar, though by no means the
| least, is however, but one of the many
attractions of the hills. The botanise.
naturalist or entomologist will all finS
plenty to occupy their time, while in
few places is there greater scope for
the artist and photographer. The for
ests, too, are full of interest. Get the
local forest officer to show you round
his jungles-he is a lonely man and
usually only too pleased to see Wis.,
ltor-and you may then begin to real
ize what is involved in the making OF
a railway sleeper. You may even get
some idea of what is meant by forest
ry. You will see trees such as are
rarely to be found at home, magnif-
cent old groves of deodar, maybe from
800 to 1000 years old, which have been
spared from the ak on account of their
sanctity-for the deodar is indeed the
tree of the gods and no hill temple ix
complete without it's grove. FEELING ON
PERCEPTIONS hillsides and floating down
roaring hill torrents provide ample eY~
citement for those who want it, but,
perhaps, most wonderful to the Ordi-
nary visitor are the primitive methods
of conversion. Saving is still carried
out entirely by hand and carriage
from the forest to the floating stream
is nearly all done by human transport.
Although wire ropeways are now be-
ginning to be used in places, it is still
by no means uncommon to come across
sturdy hill-woman almost running
down steep mountain path with two
broad-gauge sleepers on her back and
baby suspended in blanket in front.
TO the student or folklore and
anthropology the Himalayas offer a
wide field of research, particularly the
Hindu-inhabited tract in the eastern
Punjab. 1t is, however, by no means
an easy matter to get the people to
talk of their religion and customs The
hiliman is supplemented soul. n
splendid fellow when you get to know
him, but he takes lot Of knowing.
His inherent shyness and what is al
most a timid distrust of strangers
make it next to impossible for anyuDe
who has not lived in the hills or visit
ed the same tract year after year, to
get him to speak of his religious be-
liefs. But if ever you are fortunate
enough to get him talking, you are
taken back at once to the days Of the
Old Testament and find yourself living
amid gods who speak and dispense
Justice TO their devotees, rewarding or
as may be ghecessafy. YoR
will find an explanation of every phe-
nomenon of nature.t The hailstorm,
for instance, which destroyed one
mans crop while sparing his neigh
boris, is directly attributed to Kali
who, living on the hilltCps, uses Ice
40 a 1hiSsliC " puHlSu dil,NDi|S WHO OH
tends her. You wiz heartc,f witcherl
with tongues six feet lonA Of evn
spirits who enter into thesSodies 0k
men and cattle and have to be exor(
cised of scapegoats; and eyehIQf hu-tx
man sacrifices, who before tile daysxG \
British administrations were slain -
the great festivals for the atonemdm
of the sins of the community. But {he
ordinary visitor hears little of tlklS
though, with luck, he may come upCS-
one of the many fairs which are hel6
the hills, generally durinf
The rains, when the people have leisure
from work in their fields.
The hillman is passionately attaches
% his native highlands, and nothing
will induce him to forsake them sor
he plains, which he regards almost re
! foreign country. And having learned
% love the hiIrs oneself, one can wsF
1iis attachment, for a@
ali of the Himalayas is well-nigh ~