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Thur. Tibetan rugs at 15 Rupees per
Ounce blue and then red & third
olive in color. The fur shops
are well stocked here with skins
of Leon leopards, tigers, Red foxes
leopards, Persian rugs &
cashmere rugs & many other
other camels & skins. On the
street we met a wedding
procession, a Nepalese bridegroom
[illegible] carried in a dandy &
proceeded by clowns &
Chinese type malinghiders
appeals? [illegible]
The bride was not present, she
coming tomorrow with another
procession.
13 This morning we beheld
the object of our pilgrimage,
Kinchinjunga & the snowy
range of the Himalayas.
Daylight broke misty but at
6.30 the snowy peaks began to
show their rifts in the clouds