Adventure, sport and travel on the Tibetan steppes . shets, and among these the road winds about in its zigzagcourse up the mountain. The fields and hillsides were cultivated even on the steep slopes,but the grain was all harvested, and the aspect was very bleak. After chmbing to a height of 2,000 feet above the Tung,in a distance of four miles, the road immediately drops 1,000feet, zigzagging its way down the steep mountain side untilit reaches a mountain torrent, which disappears into a wildgorge to the west, cutting its way through limestone rockand joining the Tung about ten miles above th
Adventure, sport and travel on the Tibetan steppes . shets, and among these the road winds about in its zigzagcourse up the mountain. The fields and hillsides were cultivated even on the steep slopes,but the grain was all harvested, and the aspect was very bleak. After chmbing to a height of 2,000 feet above the Tung,in a distance of four miles, the road immediately drops 1,000feet, zigzagging its way down the steep mountain side untilit reaches a mountain torrent, which disappears into a wildgorge to the west, cutting its way through limestone rockand joining the Tung about ten miles above the ferry. 284 Chiating to Ningyuenfu. The road follows up the left bank of this stream. A fewricefields are seen near the rivers edge, and a little cultiva-tion on the hillsides, but there does not appear to be muchto attract the farmer, yet all along the stream watermillsare kept turning, which shows there must be grain to grind. The mill wheel lies horizontally, and the water is admittedby a small water race and strikes the fans of the wheel which. RAK offers its face to the current. The millstone is attached tothe other end of the wooden shaft, and revolves on the sameaxis as the water wheel. The road continues on through thevalley, and is made dangerous by falHng rocks, which comerolling down from the heights, when loosened b\^ the rain,or on the slightest other provocation. Often one of theseboulders como rolling down the steep mountain side and 2S; Sport and Travel on the Tibetan Steppes. pass through a caravan of mules, picking one or two out ofthe pack, passing on as though it had met with no obstructionuntil it lands in the torrent bed far beneath the road or passing the village of Tawan (great turn) the mountainsclose in upon the stream leaving barely sufficient space fora narrow path. In places the rock actually overhangs theroad so that one lias to bow the head if riding, in order notto be pulled off. The cliffs rise to a height of about 200 feet,a
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