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Credits (25). A map of India showing Darjeeling (55). The 2' gauge Darjeeling railway which is 51 miles long and follows the old cart road through the tea gardens (115). The women working in the tea gardens picking the best grade tea (145). The train reaches the summit of the line which is 8,000 above sea level. It goes into the terminus (254). A view of Darjeeling and in the distance, the Himalayan mountain range. A close-up of Kangchenjunga (278). A few miles out of Darjeeling is a hill popular with tourists for the view (309). A rickshaw stand where the drivers are gambling. Two Europeans hire one of the rickshaws and they are taken up the steep winding streets to the top of Observatory Hill (426). There, there is a Buddhist shrine which is in the charge of a young Buddhist priest. He is saying prayers (463). Government House, Darjeeling with its military guard (507). A police bag-pipe band arrives at Government House (566). The market place where all kinds of wares are sold (633). The seller of betel-nuts, a confection of leaves, white lime etc. (656). Two girls from Nepal (659). Tibetan beggar women with prayer wheels (670). A man buys a trinket for his lady (714). The girls from Nepal again (716). Some Europeans who have adopted a new faith and a new way of life (735). The market place (761). String puppets operated by strolling players from Tibet (864). The market place (875). The mountains (901 ft).