In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . ,_J DR. WILSON Report in the Appendix to this book, the above-mentionedTibetan officers admitted before the Political Peshkar, , Pundit Gobaria, and many Shokas, that the ac-count I gave of my tortures—identical with the one inthese pages—was correct in every detail. They even pro-fessed to be proud of what they had done, and used ex- 195 IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND pressions not at all flattering to the British Government,which they affected to treat with great contempt. I nearly got the Political Peshkar and the Doctor intoa scra
In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . ,_J DR. WILSON Report in the Appendix to this book, the above-mentionedTibetan officers admitted before the Political Peshkar, , Pundit Gobaria, and many Shokas, that the ac-count I gave of my tortures—identical with the one inthese pages—was correct in every detail. They even pro-fessed to be proud of what they had done, and used ex- 195 IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND pressions not at all flattering to the British Government,which they affected to treat with great contempt. I nearly got the Political Peshkar and the Doctor intoa scrape ; for my blood, the little I had left, was boilingwith rage at hearing the Tibetan insults. The climax. KARAK SING, THE POLITICAL PESHKAR came when Nerba refused to give back my mothers ring,which he had upon him. In a passion I seized a knifethat was lying by me, and leaped upon Nerba, the ruffianwho, besides, had fired at me and had held me by the hairwhile my eyes were being burned prior to my abortive exe-cution. Wilson and Karak Sing seized and disarmed me,but there was a general stampede of the Tibetan officers, 196
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