In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . w ^ A SHELTERED NOOK coolies, half starved, came to complain that they wereagain unable to find fuel to cook their food, and that theywould leave me. The position of affairs was critical. Iimmediately took my telescope and clambered to the topof a small hillock. It was curious to note what unbound-ed faith the coolies had in this glass. It was evident thatthey believed, in a childlike fashion, that I could seethrough mountains with it. I came down with the reas-suring news that one days march farther would bring usto a fine supply of
In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . w ^ A SHELTERED NOOK coolies, half starved, came to complain that they wereagain unable to find fuel to cook their food, and that theywould leave me. The position of affairs was critical. Iimmediately took my telescope and clambered to the topof a small hillock. It was curious to note what unbound-ed faith the coolies had in this glass. It was evident thatthey believed, in a childlike fashion, that I could seethrough mountains with it. I came down with the reas-suring news that one days march farther would bring usto a fine supply of fuel. They cheerfully hastened to pack up the loads, and setforth with unusual energy in the direction I had pointedout. We followed a parallel line to the high flat plateauon the other side of the stream, the slopes of which, inrelation to the plain we were standing on, were at an ob:tuse angle of about 115°. The snow-covered plateau ex-tended from southwest to northeast. Beyond it to thenorth could be seen some high snowy peaks, in all prob-ability the
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