He was pleased to say when I offered my
farewell namaskarams (prostration) that he approached the British
territory to see the Upasika. Before he left me, two more men came on
horseback, his attendants I suppose, probably Chelas, for they were
dressed like lama-gylungs, and both, like himself, with long hair
streaming down their backs. They followed the Mahatma, when he left, at
a gentle trot. For over an hour I stood gazing at the place that he had
just quitted, and then I slowly retraced my steps. Now it was that I
found for the first time that my long boots had pinched my leg in
several places, that I had eaten nothing since the day before, and that
I was too weak to walk further. My whole body was aching in every limb.
At a little distance I saw petty traders with country ponies, carrying
burdens. I hired one of these animals. In the afternoon I came to the
Rungit River and crossed it. A bath in its cool waters revived me. I
purchased some fruit in the only bazaar there and ate heartily. I took
another horse immediately and reached Darjiling late in the evening.
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