In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . Sacred City, following a courseon the northern side of the mountain range, having al-ready seen as much as I wanted of the Tibetans. Be-sides, the highway to Lhassa was getting so thickly pop-ulated that I thought it ad-visable to travel throughless inhabited regions. Iintended proceeding, dress-ed as a European, untilwithin a few miles ofLhassa. Then I wouldleave my two men concealedin some secluded spot, andassuming a disguise, I wouldpenetrate alone during thenight into the city. Thiswould have been easy enough, as Lhassa has no ga
In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . Sacred City, following a courseon the northern side of the mountain range, having al-ready seen as much as I wanted of the Tibetans. Be-sides, the highway to Lhassa was getting so thickly pop-ulated that I thought it ad-visable to travel throughless inhabited regions. Iintended proceeding, dress-ed as a European, untilwithin a few miles ofLhassa. Then I wouldleave my two men concealedin some secluded spot, andassuming a disguise, I wouldpenetrate alone during thenight into the city. Thiswould have been easy enough, as Lhassa has no gates, and only a ruined wallround it I succeeded in purchasing some clothing and bootsfrom the Tibetans, and the pigtail that I needed to makeme pass for a Tibetan I intended to make myself, out ofthe silky hair of my yaks. To avoid betraying myself bymy inability to speak Tibetan fluently, I thought of pre-tending to be deaf and dumb. A good meal brought hope and high spirits, and whenI retired to sleep I saw myself already inside the sacredwalls. 11.—H. TIBETAN BELLOWS CHAPTER LXXIII STRANGE NOISES —ANDO THE TRAITOR — PURCHASING PROVISIONS ANDPONIES—A HANDSOME PONY—DECOYED AWAY FROM MY TENT ANDRIFLES—POUNCED UPON—THE FIGHT—A PRISONER During the night I was aroused several times bynoises, and I went out of my tent to look for the dis-turbers, but failed to discover any had become my nightly experience,and I attached very little importance tothese sounds. In the morning, Ando and two orthree Tibetans came to sell us provi-sions and ponies, and, while my two ser-vants and I were engaged in purchasingwhat we required, I saw a number of vil-lagers coming up in groups. Some spuntheir wool, others carried bags of tsambaand flour, while others still arrived lead-ing a number of fine ponies. Havingpurchased provisions to last us a coupleof months, we now began the selectionof mounts, and naturally my servants and myself wereoverjoyed at our unexpected piece of
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