In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . samha,accompanied by Katas, the veils of friendship. I made apoint of invariably giving the Tibetans, in return fortheir gifts, silver money to an amount three or fourtimes greater than the value of the articles they pre-sented us with, and they professed to be very grateful forit. A man called Ando, who styled himself a Gourkha,but wore the garb of the Tibetans, came to visit us inour tent, and promised to bring for sale several poniesthe next morning. He also undertook to sell me a suf-ficient quantity of food to enable us to reach
In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . samha,accompanied by Katas, the veils of friendship. I made apoint of invariably giving the Tibetans, in return fortheir gifts, silver money to an amount three or fourtimes greater than the value of the articles they pre-sented us with, and they professed to be very grateful forit. A man called Ando, who styled himself a Gourkha,but wore the garb of the Tibetans, came to visit us inour tent, and promised to bring for sale several poniesthe next morning. He also undertook to sell me a suf-ficient quantity of food to enable us to reach Lhassa,and, to show his good faith, brought a portion of the sup-plies in the evening, and said he would let us have theremainder the next morning. 93 IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND We next had a visit from a Lama, who appeared bothcivil and intelligent, and who presented us with some but-ter and chura (cheese). He had travelled in India, he toldus, as far as Calcutta, and was on his way from Gartok toLhassa, where he expected to arrive in four or five days. 4>. MUD GUARD-HOUSE having an excellent pony. Other Lamas and men whocame to see us stated that they had come from Lhassa inthat time, and I do not think that they can have beenfar wrong, as the whole distance from the Lippu Pass onthe frontier (near Garbyang) to Lhassa can be covered insixteen days on horseback. The natives, as usual, showed great reticence in lettingout the name of the encampment, some calling it Toxem,others Taddju. North of us was a low pass in the hillrange, and it was my intention, if I succeeded in pur-chasing provisions and ponies, to cross over this pass 94 PLAN TO ENTER THE SACRED CITY
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