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(17) Another foggy morning with rain obscured the landscape & the snow range. I decided to leave & took the train for Calcutta at 2 P.M. It was raining softly at the time. In my carriage was a Captain Carter who I had met in the hotel [[?Chusally]]. He seemed to have quite a knowledge of Botany but was on his way to his regiment at Allerhabad after 3 weeks at Darjeeling. When we reached Kurseong at 4 P.M. where we took tea the mist lifted & from there downward we had a fine view of the plains all the way. The road ran past many tea gardens & then thru