To Miss Josephine MacLeod or Mrs. Ole Bull
SESHNAG
CHANDANBARI, KASHMIR
[EN ROUTE FROM SRINAGAR TO AMARNATH]
[End of July 1898]
I send back the old Dandi (A simple palanquin.) as it is difficult to carry it through. I have got another like Margaret’s. Please send it back to the Tahsildar of Vernag, Khand Chand, Esq., whom you already know. We are all right. Margot has discovered some new flowers and is happy. There is not much ice so the road is good.
Yours affectionately,
VIVEKANANDA
P.S. Keep this Dandi till I come and pay the coolies (2) 4 Rs., 2 annas each.
Coolie — Tara
[Accounts List]
[Illegible word] 20
Dandi 26
Coolies 16 2
hrs. =8
Rs. — as.
Coolies 4 2½ hrs. at 4 as. per hr. =2 — 8
Dandi 26 3½ hrs. at 6 as. per hr. 34 — 2
4 extra 1 hr. at 4 as. per hr. =1 — 0
2 ponies 2½ hrs. at 12 as. per hr. =3 — 12
1 pony 1 hr. at 12 as. per hr. =0 — 12
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50 — 2
2 Dandis 3″
hrs. [Illegible words]
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52 — 0
[Illegible words]
8 — [0]
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60 — [0]
Bed chairs 4
Luggage 25
Dandi 26
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55
55 all inclusive
Two horses—— 1st stage——12 miles
Batacooti——
Phahalgaon [Pahalgam] — next stage