Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . A NEW CHAPTER 229 Gulam Razuls son, Abdul Hai, visited me, and ourbusiness matters were transacted with him. Robertremained responsible for my heavy baggage until he haddeposited it in the house of the Hajji Nazer Shah. Itconsisted of ten regulation horse-loads. In my leisurehours I wrote a heap of letters, which Robert was to handin at the post-office in Leh. We had now 21 mules and 19 horses, the brown puppy,and a large yellow dog from Gartok. All the mules andhorses, except mine and Abdul Kerims saddle-horses,carried loads (Illusts. 296,
Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . A NEW CHAPTER 229 Gulam Razuls son, Abdul Hai, visited me, and ourbusiness matters were transacted with him. Robertremained responsible for my heavy baggage until he haddeposited it in the house of the Hajji Nazer Shah. Itconsisted of ten regulation horse-loads. In my leisurehours I wrote a heap of letters, which Robert was to handin at the post-office in Leh. We had now 21 mules and 19 horses, the brown puppy,and a large yellow dog from Gartok. All the mules andhorses, except mine and Abdul Kerims saddle-horses,carried loads (Illusts. 296, 297, 298). I rode my little whiteLadaki, which had grown marvellously strong again, andwas as spirited as one of the new horses. He and twoothers were the survivors of the large caravan which had,on the former occasion, set out from Leh. In order tomake sure that Abdul Kerim took sufficient provender,I told him he must not think that I would follow thedirect road like ordinary caravans. I might make excur-sions right and left, and often remain stat
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