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Dr. Hoernle's Letters I am afraid as the Muni is staying such a long distance from Delhi, it will not be possible for me to visit him this time. Perpaps I may be luckier when I return from Europe,
I shall leave Calcutta on Wednesday next. After receipt of this, no letter of yours will reach me in Calcutta. If you have anything for me, please keep it till my arrival in Bombay. I am not yet quite certain on which day I shall reach Bombay, probably on the 8th. But in any case though I shall he extremely pleased to make your personal acquaintance, I cannot undertake to deliver any lecture. I never deliver lectures, and I should consider it great presumption on my part to deliver a lecture on Jainism to Jains, even with the limitation which you so kindly suggest, as I know it.
For the present I am a mere “learner” of Jainism, a system of religion in which I take a very great interest.
If I can, I shall certainly try to visit Mount Aboo and see the temples, which I know are most beautiful,
I shall stay in Bombay at the Esplanade Hotel, not at the Great Western, as ( I think ) I wrote in my last letter to you.
Yours truly, A. F. Rudolf Hoernle ( 6 )
Esplanade Hotel Room no. 70
Second floor, 1 July, 1890 (Bombay) My Dear Sir,
I arrived here this morning, and sail on Thursday for Europe.
I shall be happy to see you, if you can spare time to call on me. I have brought with me for you a copy of my edition of the Uvásaga.
I have a good deal of business to do, and shall be out most 'time of the day. So I am afraid you will have to take your chance of finding me in the Hotel,
3. The meal-times are from 9 to 10 A.M., & 2-3 P.m. These will be the safest times to find me in.
Shatabdi Granth ]
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