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Ten Tfltmulligan xE.tmr«
UPON GHAKUNG HILL
■A 1 (.Continued from fmgc S )
One of the structures
fortunately had a covered
verandah under which we
took shelter. Phurba knoc-
ked on the door of the
house for some time and
then banged on it again
and again but there was
no response from inside.
I decided that we would
pass the night there and
the porters not sure of
the location of the Dak
bungalow and themselves
completely worn down, by
the day's march agreed
with alacrity. They pulled
out my sleeping rtjag and
made it ready while I
ohanged into flannel pants
and a woolen sweater. I
was helped into the slee-
ping bag, I had hardly
any strength to go in11v
myself and as I stretched
myself full length I had
the sweetest feeling of a
great restfullness and ease
which seemed by itself
sufficient reward for the.
tortures of the erstwhile
journey. In . a slow voice
f muttered '.water, water'
and Phurba sitting on his
haunches close'to my head
listened and said that I
should not' drink cold
water but he was getting
me a glass of hot milk.
1 closed my. eyes and it
seemed as if the great
sleep was coming over
me. The flame of my lifo
was burning Very low and
I wondered if it would
survive the hatd and cold
wind tearing across the
verandah. Phurba was
stirring the milk powder
mixed in water over the
stove and Shortly he
brought me the milk and
also some plantain fruits
which he had with fore-
thought purchased at Naya-
Ba/.ar. As. I sipped the
milk and ate the plantains
they seemed to trim the
vick of' my life and 1
had the feeling of a great
grow and' warmth inside
of me. I said 'it is my
day' and went to sleep
dreaming of my plans for
the morrow.
Next morning I woke
up at 6 a. m feeling fit
like a fiddle. The pre-
vious day s event* merely
appeared to have been a
bad dream. The door of
the house opened and it
turmd out to be a grocery
shop. The maruari owner
popped out and wished
to know if he could sell
us anything I told him
'I woii'd have paid, him
anything the previous
night to buy shelter in
his house, but then it
/w*s too late and 1 had
Dothing else to buy from
him. Ho gave ns the
information that the Dak
bungalow was two miles
.Januarv '.I. H»';4
away and we left the
place in beautiful weather.
To our right the bills fell
away at a steep angle
followed by hundreds of
other minor hi1 Is and their
valleys extending as far
as the distant horizon.
To the north rose two
green hills which would
have to be surmounted
the next day and in the
horizon the tops of somo
snow peaks to the .right
of Kanchenjunga showed
themselves clear us the
first rays of the morning
sun caught them in their
undress The rain-washed
path filled the air with
a pleasant smell of earth
and the vegetation on
the side of the hill was
lush and green. I out-
distanced my porters
quickly and in about
half an hour reached a
sign board with an arrow
pointing up and the words
'To Dak bungalow' pain-
ted below it. I bounded
up the path which after
some distance bent back
again towards the direc-
tion from where I was
coming At the point
where the path ended the
roof of the Dak bungalow
was showing and as I
raced towards it I. was
met by the chowkidar
stinting me.
WEAR
HAM SON DUKSSl'S
Stockists
Himalayan Stores
DARJEELING RoDIO CO., D VRJEELING the piooetr radio conctra of Darjeeling diitrict.
UPON GHAKUNG HILL
■A 1 (.Continued from fmgc S )
One of the structures
fortunately had a covered
verandah under which we
took shelter. Phurba knoc-
ked on the door of the
house for some time and
then banged on it again
and again but there was
no response from inside.
I decided that we would
pass the night there and
the porters not sure of
the location of the Dak
bungalow and themselves
completely worn down, by
the day's march agreed
with alacrity. They pulled
out my sleeping rtjag and
made it ready while I
ohanged into flannel pants
and a woolen sweater. I
was helped into the slee-
ping bag, I had hardly
any strength to go in11v
myself and as I stretched
myself full length I had
the sweetest feeling of a
great restfullness and ease
which seemed by itself
sufficient reward for the.
tortures of the erstwhile
journey. In . a slow voice
f muttered '.water, water'
and Phurba sitting on his
haunches close'to my head
listened and said that I
should not' drink cold
water but he was getting
me a glass of hot milk.
1 closed my. eyes and it
seemed as if the great
sleep was coming over
me. The flame of my lifo
was burning Very low and
I wondered if it would
survive the hatd and cold
wind tearing across the
verandah. Phurba was
stirring the milk powder
mixed in water over the
stove and Shortly he
brought me the milk and
also some plantain fruits
which he had with fore-
thought purchased at Naya-
Ba/.ar. As. I sipped the
milk and ate the plantains
they seemed to trim the
vick of' my life and 1
had the feeling of a great
grow and' warmth inside
of me. I said 'it is my
day' and went to sleep
dreaming of my plans for
the morrow.
Next morning I woke
up at 6 a. m feeling fit
like a fiddle. The pre-
vious day s event* merely
appeared to have been a
bad dream. The door of
the house opened and it
turmd out to be a grocery
shop. The maruari owner
popped out and wished
to know if he could sell
us anything I told him
'I woii'd have paid, him
anything the previous
night to buy shelter in
his house, but then it
/w*s too late and 1 had
Dothing else to buy from
him. Ho gave ns the
information that the Dak
bungalow was two miles
.Januarv '.I. H»';4
away and we left the
place in beautiful weather.
To our right the bills fell
away at a steep angle
followed by hundreds of
other minor hi1 Is and their
valleys extending as far
as the distant horizon.
To the north rose two
green hills which would
have to be surmounted
the next day and in the
horizon the tops of somo
snow peaks to the .right
of Kanchenjunga showed
themselves clear us the
first rays of the morning
sun caught them in their
undress The rain-washed
path filled the air with
a pleasant smell of earth
and the vegetation on
the side of the hill was
lush and green. I out-
distanced my porters
quickly and in about
half an hour reached a
sign board with an arrow
pointing up and the words
'To Dak bungalow' pain-
ted below it. I bounded
up the path which after
some distance bent back
again towards the direc-
tion from where I was
coming At the point
where the path ended the
roof of the Dak bungalow
was showing and as I
raced towards it I. was
met by the chowkidar
stinting me.
WEAR
HAM SON DUKSSl'S
Stockists
Himalayan Stores
DARJEELING RoDIO CO., D VRJEELING the piooetr radio conctra of Darjeeling diitrict.