In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . o just below the knee,holds the soft sole of the boot flatunder the foot, giving absolutelyfree action to the ankle. The mostsalient and sensible point in theTibetan foot-gear, however, is that the foot, all but thetop part, is incased in the thick sole, thus preventingthe jamming of toes between stones when walking, forinstance, on debris, and also doing away with the ac-cumulation of snow^ and mud between the sole and boot,so inconvenient in our foot-gear. There are many va-rieties and makes of boots in Tibet,but the principle is al
In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . o just below the knee,holds the soft sole of the boot flatunder the foot, giving absolutelyfree action to the ankle. The mostsalient and sensible point in theTibetan foot-gear, however, is that the foot, all but thetop part, is incased in the thick sole, thus preventingthe jamming of toes between stones when walking, forinstance, on debris, and also doing away with the ac-cumulation of snow^ and mud between the sole and boot,so inconvenient in our foot-gear. There are many va-rieties and makes of boots in Tibet,but the principle is always thesame. The boots are always home-made, each individual making hisown, except in large towns, wherefoot-gear can be purchased, andnecessarily the quality is then notup to the same high standard. Thedifference in Tibetan boots is main-ly in the quality or texture of thesoles; for instance, the Lhassaboots have finer, softer, and more elastic soles than those made in Sigatz (usually writtenShigatze), which are quite hard and stiff, and supposed to 254. WOMAN SBOOT BOOT MADEIN LHASSA TIBETAN HEAD-GEAR wear out much sooner than the more pliable ones of thesacred city. Then there are some with leather soles,made specially for wet or snowy regions, and these, whengreased over, are quite waterproof. Two kinds of these arein use, one with pointed and curled toes, for cutting onesway into the snow, the other of the usual shape. Menand women alike wear these boots. The principal Lamasand officials of Tibet have adopted the Chinese-patternboots of leather, with heavy leather or wooden soles andenormous nails under them. The Tibetans have innumerable varieties of most peculiar of all, worn chiefly by soldiers anddacoits, is one in the form of a section of a cone withlarge rim, made entirely of twisted cord like that used forthe soles of the boots, and with a hole at the top for ven-tilation. The conical part being too small to fit the head,it is held upon the skull by m
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