An Indian pilgrimage; travel notes of a visit to the Indian fields of the Church of Scotland . ee was everywhere. Inone large cottage stood a great Christmas-tree, andto fifty delighted children Dr Graham and I handeddown the presents. We had our reward, for we too andmy fellow-pilgrim all had presents from the tree ! Onevisit in particular stands out in the memory. It wasthe visit to the Babies Cottage, where thirty verytiny bairns were as happy as bairns could be, rosy-cheekedand full of glee. There, as in every cottage visited,Dr Graham was simply rushed at as soon as he ap-peared. Every ch
An Indian pilgrimage; travel notes of a visit to the Indian fields of the Church of Scotland . ee was everywhere. Inone large cottage stood a great Christmas-tree, andto fifty delighted children Dr Graham and I handeddown the presents. We had our reward, for we too andmy fellow-pilgrim all had presents from the tree ! Onevisit in particular stands out in the memory. It wasthe visit to the Babies Cottage, where thirty verytiny bairns were as happy as bairns could be, rosy-cheekedand full of glee. There, as in every cottage visited,Dr Graham was simply rushed at as soon as he ap-peared. Every child claimed at least a finger, and asthe fingers would not go round, they had to be graspedby relays of delighted little ones, who found in himtheir happiest playmate of the day. It is a big financial task that has to be faced everyyear by Dr Graham and the various Colonial HomesCommittees —in Calcutta, Bombay, London, Glasgow,and Edinburgh, but more especially Calcutta. It liesoutwith the Church of Scotlands official contribution has been the free grant from the be-. On the Teesta River.
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