On this trip Mrs. Merrick started jat a place north of Lahore. Author!- ties would not allow' her to continue fon this roule so she retraced her steps, went to Kashmir instead anil returned over the same route she previously had been refused permission to go over. After four months in tents on the western side of the Himalayas she made a ten di trip to see the whole of the ang jchenjunga, range and the whole of the 'Int. Everest range. This man AAcent sight of the two ranges is possble of a certain point 12,000" fect, high, 'On her last trip Mrs, Merrick experienced high altitudes. For. two weeks she was never below' 16,000 feet. Hor highest altitude was 17,000 feet, "I had read," she said, "of ghastly exp bled at the became cross-eyedd headaches at such high altitude. However, Twas Corunate and experienced no. such disastrous effects. And it was only. ft first that T felt exhausted at any tion. "Toward. the last 1 fount!
T could even sleep lying down."
The men suffered" more—stomach Jallments for the most part—because at such high altitudes It is impossible boii water and cook foods properly Across The Hlmalayayas All in all, Mrs, Merrick estimates that on this last' trip she rode approximately 500 miles across the Himalayas on ponies and walked about 400 miles. 'Trekking she recommends as being an extremely cheap mode of travel, "Tt costs only 15 rupees' (about $5.80 U.S. currency)
hire a pony to travel' 250 miles. "This price includes 'a boy to. look after the pony. As the ponies subsist fonly on "grazing the food cost. ix nothing.
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"Travelling through these unin= Fhabited sections of the world Merrick—describes cing Ike Visiting the world before creation. 'There is nothing more' beautiful, in her opinion, than the glimpse of a fantastic rock formation at sunns 'Although she travels only for pi [sure and not for any particular objective two books have emerged result' of her wanderings. She ex plains that they just wrote themselves because she had so much material she just had to use it. The first book is "In The World's Attic" Jand concerns her Himalayan adventures, The second Is. "Spoken Tibet" and is the result of" her tibetan trek, properly for her treks and scorns Dre Merrick believes In dressing fashionable things, Because she starts in the cold greyness of the frst dawn after a cup of hot tea, she Jdrossee warmly at first and then dis-fears her heavy things for lighter clothes when the ghastly, stupefying Theat breaks about' 8am. She dressed "first in several sweaters, heavy woollen and flannel-lined coat, heavy fur-lined boots which feome to the knees, several pairs of woollen' stockings and she tops. all this with a water-proof slicker to [break the wind and protect her from Tries Gold Bar Exchange Subsequently Tei was induced to try his luck on the gold bar exchange. We lost several times, but was then persuaded to risk larger investments In order to recoup his losses. One: eay he was shown a piece of red, paper. A joss stick was produced and burned over the paper. Then the ashes of the joss stick were rubbed over the surface. And lo and behold! "Writing appeared—Chinese characters which conveyed 2 very definite message.
"Procure $20,000 at once and for your devotion in worshipping me shall reward you with $2,000,000 inside 49 days." itsald and then added fominously:—"If you fail to do. this,
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