Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . 334- Tibetans with i^- ^ 55. DORCIIE TSUEX OX THE MaRCII. Lxvii APRIL 24 345 than my bed, was partitioned off in Abdul Kerims crib, which, when the camp was set up, was enclosedon all sides, was henceforth to be my prison cell. It waslike a secret drawer in a bureau, and when it was ready Iinspected it and found it somewhat narrow but comfortable. Suen was my hairdresser, and he had just completed hisbusiness when Abdul Kerim looked in at the tent openingand whispered that four men with yaks were coming up thevalley on the
Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . 334- Tibetans with i^- ^ 55. DORCIIE TSUEX OX THE MaRCII. Lxvii APRIL 24 345 than my bed, was partitioned off in Abdul Kerims crib, which, when the camp was set up, was enclosedon all sides, was henceforth to be my prison cell. It waslike a secret drawer in a bureau, and when it was ready Iinspected it and found it somewhat narrow but comfortable. Suen was my hairdresser, and he had just completed hisbusiness when Abdul Kerim looked in at the tent openingand whispered that four men with yaks were coming up thevalley on the road we had to go down from the Kinchen-la. I hurriedly set my disguise in order and wound theturban round my head, while the flap was fastened, andTakkar was tied up before my tent. Then I lookedthrough the peephole in the tent canvas on the side towardsthe upper end of the valley, and saw eight men on foot indark-blue and red dresses, with red scarves round theirheads, all armed with guns and swords, and leading ninehorses ; one man led two laden horses. What in the worldd
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