KANGCHENJUNGA

Evening Star, Issue 19773, 25 January 1928, Page 4

KANGCHENJUNGA

I left Simla for Darjiling early in June and now for the first time saw that grand mountain, Kangcheniunga, 28,275 feet in height. Many splendid peaks 1 had seen; Jnit this mountain, os seen from Darjiling, is, I think, the most glorious sight of all. Most persons, after they have seen it say “Words fail me to describe it,” and then pass on to a narration troubles with their coolies. But with my usual rashness I stepped in where so many angels had feared to tread, and attempted a description of it in ‘The Heart of Nature.’ What makes the beauty of the view is the mountain being far enough away for the spectator to see it in its entirety and due proportion, and yet not so far that its height is too greatly diminished. It is seen as the culminating point of a range stretching from horizon to horizon, and rising out of magnificent forests. To every one who sees the mountain the sight an experience which s a joy to him for the rest of his days. He feels bigger and purer and higher for having _ seen it.—Sir Francis Young-Husband, in ‘The Light of Experience.’