ALDOUS HUXLEY Jesting Pilate An Intellectual Holiday FirstpublishedbyGEORGEH.DORANCOMPANY1926 Copyright©1926byALDOUSHUXLEY Allrightsreserved. Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedor transmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical, photocopying,recording,scanning,orotherwisewithoutwrittenpermission fromthepublisher. Itisillegaltocopythisbook,postittoawebsite,or distributeitbyanyothermeanswithoutpermission. Firstedition ISBN:9781569249314 ThisbookwasprofessionallytypesetonReedsy. Findoutmoreatreedsy.com What is Truth? said Jesting Pilate, and wouldnotstayforananswer FrancisBacon Contents I INDIA&BURMA PORTSAID 3 INTHEREDSEA 5 ATSEA 7 BOMBAY 8 KASHMIR 19 SRINAGAR 22 TAXILA 33 BETWEENPESHAWARANDLAHORE 35 LAHORE 40 AMRITSAR 46 AGRA 50 FATEHPURSIKRI 55 JAIPUR 57 BIKANER 62 JODHPUR 66 AJMERE 72 PUSHKARLAKE 76 CHITOR 78 UDAIPUR 82 CAWNPORE 85 BENARES 108 January14,1926 108 LUCKNOW 114 DELHI 118 CALCUTTA 127 ONTHEHOOGLY 137 RANGOON 139 ONTHEIRRAWADDY 140 BHAMO 144 ONTHEIRRAWADDY 147 II MALAYA PENANG 153 BETWEENPENANGANDSINGAPORE 155 SINGAPORE 159 BATAVIA,JAVA 160 BATAVIA 162 GAROET 177 BUITENZORG 182 ATSEA 185 MIRI,SARAWAK 188 LABUAN 191 KUDAT,NORTHBORNEO 200 SANDAKAN 201 THESOUTHERNPHILIPPINES 203 MANILA 206 III THEPACIFIC SHANGHAI 213 JAPAN 215 ONTHEPACIFIC 222 ATSEA 223 IV AMERICA SANFRANCISCO 229 ONTHETRAIN 230 LOSANGELES.ARHAPSODY 232 FIRSTMOVEMENT 232 SECONDMOVEMENT 234 THIRDMOVEMENT 235 FOURTHMOVEMENT 236 FIFTHMOVEMENT 238 CHICAGO 241 NEWYORK 249 LONDON 255