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One of the wonders of India is this ancient iron pillar at Lalkot, India, cast
"» 360 A.D. Of such pure iron is it that not one fleck of rust is to be found on

if. The secret of this forging process has been lost.

he travel bureaus had no information whatever on file concerning
e country; friends knew almost nothing about it, except for one or
wo who repeated dreadful tales of other people's experiences. Only
e person who had made the original suggestion recommended my going
and I wonder even now why, in the face of all the discouragement,
nd the lack of information, that I met on every hand, I didn't simply
iminate Persia and turn toward any one of the other only too tempting
ossibilities. But I didn't. For some unexplainable reason, I decided
go to Persia. And thanks to the decision, I had perhaps the most
ndamentally enjoyable and interesting months that I have ever had
>a n T of my travels. [ You may read of those exciting Persia experiences
the March issue.]