In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . everal moments, and the back of my head was swollenand sore for many days. YAK WITH CASES OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS (Photograph taken in India, after my return) We proceeded along the right bank of the river on acourse of 85° between reddish hills and distant high snowymountains to the northwest and east-southeast of us,which we saw from time to time when the rain ceasedand the sky cleared. The momentary lifting of the cloudswould be followed by another downpour, and the marchingbecame very unpleasant and difficult, as we sank deep in
In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . everal moments, and the back of my head was swollenand sore for many days. YAK WITH CASES OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS (Photograph taken in India, after my return) We proceeded along the right bank of the river on acourse of 85° between reddish hills and distant high snowymountains to the northwest and east-southeast of us,which we saw from time to time when the rain ceasedand the sky cleared. The momentary lifting of the cloudswould be followed by another downpour, and the marchingbecame very unpleasant and difficult, as we sank deep inthe mud. Towards evening we suddenly discovered somehundred and fifty soldiers riding full gallop in pursuit of 16 PHANTOM-LIKE FIGURES us alon-g the river valley. We pushed on, and havinggot out of their sight behind a hill, we deviated from ourcourse and rapidly climbed up to the top of the hillrange; my two men and the yaks concealed themselveson the other side. I remained lying flat on the top ofthe hill, spying with my telescope the movements of our. WITH ONLY TWO MEN I PROCEEDED TOWARDS LHASSA pursuers. They rode unsuspectingly on, the tinkling oftheir horse-bells sounding pleasant to the ear at that de-serted spot. They made a pretty picture, and, thinkingprobably that we had continued our way along the river,they rode past the spot where we had left the path, and,possibly owing to their haste to catch us up, did notnotice our tracks up the hill-side. Rain began to fall heavily again, and we remained en-camped at 17,000 feet with all our loads ready for flight atany moment, the night being spent none too comfortably. 17 IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND I sat up all night, rifle in hand, in case of a surprise, andI was indeed glad when day dawned. The rain hadstopped, but we were now enveloped in a white mistwhich chilled us. I was very tired, and telling ChandenSing to keep a sharp watch, tried to sleep for a while. ^Hazur, hazMr ! jaldi apka banduk P (Sir, sir ! quick,your rifle
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