Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-12-28

very large. Great ornaments are
worn at the neck, but the clothing
is not elaborate. Indeed it is very
common and uncommonly dirty.
There is an elevation known as
Observation Hill, but we are so
much in the fog that two trips here
reveal nothing of the distant snow
covered mountains, but this is In
dian peoples church." a place OF
Buddhist worship, and we watch
their performances and observe the
great number of prayer flags which
have been left flying here. You get
an idea of the contrast by thinking
of man, said to be an American,
lying over there on the grass and
then lifting your eyes as the fogs
lift and looking many miles across
peaks which have been clothed in
snow all summer.
While good views are to be had
in Darjeeling, Mt. Everest, styled
the top of the world, can not be
viewed from here. For that pleas
ure, one must go to Tiger Hill, sew
en- miles away There is a good
government road and the journey
which begins at two or three
o'clock in the morning may be
made by dandy Ca kind of sedan
chair, rickshaw, or auto. Our ar
rangement is for a double rickshaw
and we are awake toward morning
to hear rainfall on the metal roof.
Again we wake ,and the men haven't
come. Perhaps they are not going.
A little later their heavy soles are
heard on the road above the house
and we quickly prepare for tho
journey. Preparation consists in
leaving on our sleeping garments,
adding our regular clothing, sweat
ers and wraps. We get in the rick
shaw and apply our three blankets,
men in front and two behind. After
while, we strike the roadside wall
with one wheel and then lighted
candle is given to one Of the men at
the back who goes ahead making a
lantern out of his hands. Present
ly we hear two men speaking be-
hind us and know that ours is
five cylinder push-o-mobile instead
of only four as we had thought.
Before it is daylight we alight
from the conveyance and walk the
last half mile, three of the men go
ing with us while the others wait
with the rickshaw. Pushing aside
the doors, the men lead into the
concrete rest house and observation
tower at the summit of Tiger Hill,
8,514 feet above the ocean and
more than 1880 feet above Dar-
jeeling. The candle is put down
and we eat some lunch and await
the sunrising, not knowing wheth-
er we shall see the famous sights
which have induced our coming or
be disappointed by looking into a
sea of clouds. After while we make
our way by the winding outdoor
stairway to the fiat roof of this very
fireproof (and fireless) building
and look to the proper corner Of
the compass. Away yOndcr in the
distance rises blood red ball, only
the upper part of the disc showing
at first. How it resembles great
Japanese paper lantern. Gradual
ly the view improves, but who can
make a typewriter tell Of the seas
Of cloud and the various colOrings
and shadings which greet the eye
until the splendid sun stands out in
unchal]enged brilliance and forbids
the unprotected eye looking at him
longer? We both enjoyed the sun
rise. From the place where Old
Sol showed his face, half way
around the horizon to Mt. Everest
on the extreme is an interesting
half circle of mountains, most of
them covered throughout the year
with garments of white affording a
grand panorama indeed.
Mt. Kinchenjunga. which is visi-
BILE in clear weather from Dar-
jeeling, stands conspicuously in our
present view when the clouds have
gradually slipped away. And it is
only gradually that they have
changed. but these high mountain
clouds are like playful children or
flocks of goats which are continual
ly on the move. Now the ridge is
clear; now it is enveloped in fog.
The most majestic and conspicuous
thing now in our view is Kinchen-
junga rising 28,156 feet above sea
level and appearing to be only a
VCiy away away
around here at the extreme of our
half circle are three peaks and the
middle one. which is the smallest |
from it's great distance, is the top
of Mt. Everest which lacks but two
yards of being $4,000 feet tall. |
That is nearly six miles!
"Mt. Everest is the monarch OF
mountains,
They crowned him long ago,
On throne of rocks. in a robe OF
clouds,
With diadem of snow"
But no human has ever gone up
to lay a hand upon that diadem,
though a scientific expedition has
been accommodating with a view to
accomplishing the ascent by the
aid of an air plane.
In 1904, when on my trip to
Palestine and Egypt, l had visited
the lower course of the Jordan and
bathed in the Dead Sea, the surface
Of which is 1890 feet below sea
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