| Show r EXPLORED R ED TI ET Remarkable Journeys Made by the Pundit A AK I ot of f India l has lma pi I r survey 8 the llor Tur In its N the tlc r t ot or I tit r 1 1 r 0 I tro fx 11 Ill tt t ux fl to i 0 l l 1 Ca V n as 1111 thin tho Pundit I for tor r to t P ec lf 1 sl os IIA lint not AK J wM ly I to 10 Ii t bo h n r 1 1 ed s II e of ot 1 w s the exploration nn tIO rn Enst I Indian s 0 o white vI hl to man or ur he r I to toI tl tile 1 ft l U M nn mC n 1 rm c S I I n e I Ait Jn n F null of or land fn K ri for fill lY remarkable 1 t since then he ho tins hns been l i ml rid thin Iho Th Tho puns n n fur for years iu r hl his told 1011 In III lOT t Hind IlInd cv een when Men In s Ii Ivy In style ut or reports th Ih p i ri was teas not romance 4 Ik moment t lIt when he ho was not act I T Horn Born on nh the thc frontier r of or orIn i In II 11 part I art Ih of ot ofa h v cuM uld a a n native and this Wile was wasa u ne theoflA co i 1 lt Il III hill oO fu F 1 with A a considerable t a Il c bl of r Si nI then ns III an Itinerant mock devotee ro IC llOU n a n verses er cs from hamlet hamlot to 10 three occasions Md nn two or 01 III t t Ie ity sity compelled he seemed t sh Mol ti e nt liS as n a herder ot of sheep a aI and I goats hl ml had t been discovered Ills his I It hie have paid il the tho penalty mattes Ho Jle UCe lie in peril many man i times time anti was oc oe ocI in n a arrested told ruid detained as nR I it II I eft 1 S y character but ho lie always dOUR story stol to tell and the tho h had a II II 1 I over er known till he hI was i was truth tin 10 the tho and pence peace eco which h kf he had ad mishaps wore were that rob J file I Spoiled greatest cacs him twice of nearly bra hIs hla hIsen ho lie could use URe in ill paying ne en e ho novel naYer mot mat with any wa and the tho nn remarkable for tho the absence ff t i IS are arc against n those who did rm Im Harm government thought t It po poof The of ot great grent Importance to 10 learn about the vast closed caused country mum on north w In which wore were hidden the h tM tho of oC three of the tho Kr greatest of or II S eos i Indus the and andi i Jf So the government the Hindus who gave Kavo M r user ot of d l a 1 gaved Mimi nt becoming Intelligent nt and andi d i e ol and taught them tho of oe f exploration eta arU learned how to make route sur sm nj They and lat latitudes to determine heights nn rea and it Wits was strongly Impressed them that they the must keep I cop an nn upon won unbroken record of the tho beatings bearings and on their routes from PIneo distances determine few tew lat and hit O a n to 10 placer lace With WIH this Information a 1 fairly of ot their thell lI map might bo be made m o They were to obtain distances by b their paces This Is a it 1 very counting Pundit tiresome thins thing to do but the AK K kept It up for practically every slip fp on his hlA journeys through h Sometimes he was WIlS so todo o that he had two or three horses to carry can hJ trade goods and the tiro people thought II It astonishing that they never saw him hint riding Once ho was WIlA clapped Into Inlo jail tc district who by br the Iho I governor of a IL thought him worth watching Ho lie was released through the tho good goolt omens of or a auno alama lama larou uno or Buddhist priest who had seen neon him before and thought him the tho humblest hum humblest blest and most devout man ratan ho hud had ever evor met The lama IRma invited the tho Pundit to his monastery GOO miles mile away through an tin unexplored region and tho the explorer hail had to 10 ride rille a IL horse to 10 keep keel up UI with tho tam party Ho Ire counted every pace of or his hU horse hor e up all his hll scientific observations observations and no one was w tho the wiser wisor Tho The way he contrived to lull lilt sus HUS alt aiL through trough his four great grent Jour toys LIa was very effective and Ingenious Hi tic managed matters so that the tho morn more work ho did the larger grow grew III his hl reputation as a 0 of or re ro remarkable As he hC walked hl his lips Ills were Nero always moving and It was evident that ho he was IlS praying Appearances arc aro deceptive for tor ho tin hovis cap vis morely counting his paces under hll hie breath Ho lie was waH always lingering fingering h hi hla Buddhist rosary and every ever minute or to ao I ho would drop n a n bend bead h This net act did dM not record another Mother prayer uttered but paces 1 walked And then the tile n prayer bar har barr barrel r rel l was always slung over his should shoulder er et tho the Instrument that places n It prayer to tho the credit of ot the devout person every tm Hmo Ilme he ho revolves it But the barrel was ru packed with tiny held books mill mid surveying Instruments and acid no one ono ever ocr thought of ot looking In ht so harmless a place for tor anything contraband Thus Tint the tho ro rosary roMr my and tho prayer bar barrel barrel rel wore were of lit notch much practical service as 18 surveying Instruments insh and their thell con cant lIe axe gave tho thin an air nir of ot the respectability and propriety ty my It was necessary ary at one time for tor him to 10 travel about miles In company with 1111 a 1 party and this was WIS tho the only occasion when ho did not date daro to take any an observations for or latitude or heights or w to 10 use his hla surveying Instruments In Inan any an way trap m It was w ns near tho end Cud of or his lut and most remarkable Journey when he h had d In his prayer barrel the th results result of oC about bout four years of or Incessant Held fled work and all aU would be lout lost If It f ho hI had any anI ny serious mishap Ho dared darM not run the risk On 00 hits his lait Journey thin explorer spent Hent several months monthA In III Lhasa and collected nr r r w a n 1 great grail rival deal of ot Information the IWI 1 city 1 which tilt tho survey Nurn of uC India ht to tt 7 1111 tho the detailed cirt ailed of this e lr illel of III th lIto t t 1 flit tit a Hue Onh t wrote their ther famous book In lu thin in Of M the thelI hint lait lI t century These two du of ot till the rit 11 nil all the thc thet modern in available n till with t in III two or nr throe years yearn el of or tint tilt Invasion ut of hll h hr in v In lb l the Pundit studied the sa d bOok banks of ot th re reto tans to I Is and v l t 1 till 1 n nh lurge i rge number n n of ot ofas f as inges to bootees Hi Ile later when alien his Ilia funds failed tini Iv this thai Ih It ll was a IL green groat I advantage to be hl able ahle to voluminously I n II MH ii t t writing w The fhe bits of ot uni ho Iw as IH he lie ro I I raid d verges vele in fu one village fri fire another helped him on nu his 1111 a way aty All 0 11 his re 1 w tp I n II row Jew wasps before he lit ended his hili curee In III till the 11 41 by h menus means of or these thc r recitations bo lie earned t I III help him hi over liver the to ids his honor Ills leis friends filet ils not nol soon seen 4 him for four y 1111 r s n nn i a II i l 1 an n l tM ft of or oft 1111 Nn won t 1 in I th tho Ihl 4 crr t i tr i t lot lit hi h la work aIk t 11 it win wn s b II erd Heim h hr hI was an 1 s d den nd ii ci Our One gave rH lo lu time Iho Ill sur 1111 survoy ray voy 1 for It ins 1 that ho he II liml Ind hn i by h tin till Llva t nil who wlm lord hn 1 out cut ut oft off of hip bis Ions III 1 to tl prevent him limn from tram nuking say any 1111 further fort liol It Is III not lIt Intruded hero to out Ilni tho th tI q rort ti work worl he did lIlli It 11 ItIs Is IA Ii enough l tn n siy s rv m ien In III l n ii his hlA tam four JlII J o tit my 11 s In he h en rY r a d 1 t k sut s lIe t of mil arse t Y rp rl surveyed In III Inthe the till four 1 during which ho hl his hla lust Journey All his explorations were ivete IO In lu the east eastern eastern ern half t 1 of lit rf I He lie crossed Y the tho great front plateau I wh b north und south goon oUI h Mongolia surveyed 1 long homes ton ten from the of fit Iha i il l lit In this thu bonier Im and ono tn nl I his hll various mutts tint no other explorer Will was ever able to do doWhen II When lien hell tho Iho Pundit nail and ails Jils melted the lilt Indian lender border on un tho tIto Inal h t Ih wore w IC with lIh ragged ed told and t but thy fell triumphant for they hod brought I 11 gh I home every Instrument they th hind had t away lIn nod and ntH every evely mid and hook bank Noun Not of lit his hl In Ilie Ih Survey c equalled ill tar illi IIII i of or AK Al h and ho hI nn Is I n th II leading loath Ing ot or but ho h had his hiM us like Ilke his hI tel fol 1 I 11 i i 1 nu I I iv v n il I It HI IMP 1111 Asiatic A l ln Ir 1 t ill In n survey purvey ry wore warn IlU UI liI t gnu Ilent h lull but this Ihl Il ts n noi III tin Iii rase III C The deny hula Wil hurl 1111 IT Ir I to 10 the 5 of ur wol educated who nt alt III snout saino 1 M cil d Ito tho hardihood 11 U of ut nn nu 11 Tho nc Ih beat 11 Singh and ho hll u was II I master t or of n II VII JlII luo S Sto Tho T hi 0 vii to era rs Ii It lug hlin tt n II very vary r learned puri d man culled Idle mill RO 10 hap happened that ilmi tto sumo 1 do alts UI given lI to 10 the he other Hindu explorer idle but hit they tIl p Ir ere not un NI t iI 1 They hail had lUI linn in til I Ito h uble to 10 acquire the or sur to ht matte mho thus ami n ili u tn tl t l Itch n i their ho be ilia 1 I Ih I hi rt could s ll latitude Wel i Ic too fur for In lu nt of olho the tho net that AK I not II II 11 tho tI ii art of dater Vr ab hen s all nil his h a lL www fn so shirt that Inal when the tho ext III In till live lit survey mitre 11 his Itts hi anti c hilt d limps amts of Ills his Ill lr thI tJ fame caner out ft neat ills s rim 11 to III In hl 11 well with those tItI of the iii Ih I ox 11 v i Hi He It muM could sit alt by h your sl stile l give you yon HI i i ht hr tor Im ug or of ui III d r 0 iR Ii t r i to I ami a I v it a lid l d th IK II t n o I n hint It hr hind sera elI lint Zhu h lu no III refit Ill aft 1111 of or his hll irav rip ola 11 r f fi n i form suitable for tOI thou lion inn tini n I air tr was 1 R MUCH in iii hand mid II Ii ii list owed to If for fOl mill it lilt hla Ii ls mr tin t 1 AMI n tI Into J II el I l N is I 1111 Rc hr tI relate II 1 of his I II M oh ob and l vary vory 1 little l uI i or nt 11 of 1 t the milliner anil u nl u or ir r ir tot till lt ants lint iI I h tin 1 till oil the tIll forts t tin Ih tl wI riv IIII to tn get et the Tho or of if today Is the t 1 KII nil tI 0 11 III and It dge of or In him to explore r Klon gloris 1 of ot pew pov 1 krill of the tho white while races liu i round found t them that hi hr h ac nr Pelt p 1111 noire mon than any 1111 or ot hits hll tit rivals riI all of or whom a much t better educated and 11 lid equipped than hits His vi 1 by h the tho high lil h honors which v O the li smiths 1 halo had to Including ing I III nn I tho he b n ua Im or III lh I ieoK il 11 congress COIl lit Itt Venice Peale the bold old the Paths nl oh rudely HuIlI mid tho the gaunt ot of tilt the l X Y S Suu 10 n |
