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Show -4- however, it's worth it for most things. If I wear, pocket, and carry in my hand another 30 lbs., that will give me a total of 170 lbs. I'll send my medical bag and all the instruments which were in my suitcases with the school's medical supplies. So, in all, I'll have to leave about 50 - 70 lbs, here in India and. will get all the rest In. The record player and records will have to stay. Whether they'll accept the radio as excess baggage I don't know, but I'll do my best to get that in. The third surprise was in the" form of Frank Shu, the tall tobacco chap that used to live on the Island, and had the nri^e-winning baby. I am having dinner with him to-night. He may be able to help me get the stuff from Kunming to Chungking; we shall probably fly In on the same plane next week. Yesterday, Felix, Richard and I went to see "Since You Went Away." It certainly gives a good presentation of the problems on the home front. It's full of subtle lessons on how to"act and how not to act In talking with people who have lost relatives in action, how to say good-bye, attitudes on rationing war marriages, etc. Good, propaganda for the American public. With so many people here at Lee Ixemorian .Mission, I have had quite a few patients. A couple have had dengue, which seems quite common among people coming to India from China. I had never seen a case before; so when I suspected it, I dashed out to the All- India Institute and read up on it in the library. When we were in Calcutta In 1937 we thought seriously of going up to Darjeeling to see xiount Everest and the other Himalaya mountains. I have always wanted to do that and I figured, this was a good opportunity. I was afraid to be away 'when "'the offices were open, because word mX ht come for me to move the supplies. So I left Saturday night and was away Sunday and Xarxstmas.; I hatec to miss Christinas here at the Home because there were a lot of service men and missionaries' kids, but I had to choose between the two. I couldn't get a sleeping reservation (Now if you got an upper you sleep; if you get a lower, you usually sit up)'so I sat up all night except for three hours, for. wxiich period an Englishman lent me his berth. in the morning we switched to a -small gage train which looked, like a toy train. It took us up about 7,000 feet in four hours, puffing around horse-shoe turns, like a little car. Here in Calcutta we go around. In our shirt-sleeves, or Aith a light suit-coat. But Darjeeling was cold. I had to sleep with all my clothes on, with a heavy sweater, two blankets and an overcoat. It is a fascinating place with a lot of Tibetans and Nepalese, who seem more Chinese than Indian. The most exciting view is of Kanchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world, over 28,000 feet. We stood at 7,000 feet, could look down o,000 feet into the valley below and 21,000 feet up at the snow-covered peaks. A thrilling sight, but you can see' it for only a few minutes at a time because the clouds are forever shifting. To see Mount Everest you must go to Tiger Hill, some distance from Darjeeling. Unless you go there at dawn you are not apt to see it because of the clouds. So I got up a party for Christmas morning, hired a car, and got up at 5:50 A. . GUt the driver was sick and failed to show up, so we did not get to eo, |
