Excerpt from From the Himalayas to the Equator My tried and valued friend, the Rev. John F. Goucher, D.D., President of the Woman's College of Baltimore, had long desired to inspect the work in India which he had done so much to promote, and it was my great good fortune to find him will ing to undertake the long tour. He therefore ac companied me constantly, until our half year's journey took us entirely round the world. I could not have had at my side a more considerate and helpful traveling companion, nor a more intelligent and devoted student of missions. In these letters to my family, sketches prepared for newspapers, essays on special subjects, and public addresses, sundry repetitions were not only unavoidable, but essential. For this more perma nent record they have been eliminated as far as practicable; but in a few instances statements are repeated for needful explanation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.