In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . SHOKA HUiS CHAPTER XXI THE KUTI CASTLE—UNDER WAY—OUR FIRST DISASTER—A CHEERFULAND A SULKY COOLIE—MANSING—A BRIGAND—A STRANGE MEDLEYOF FOLLOWERS—A CHARACTER—TAILORING—FIELDS OF STONES—TROUBLESOME RIVERS—THE JOLINKAN OR LEBUNG PASS—SENSE OFHUMOR—PLEASED WITH SMALL COMFORTS Before leaving Kuti, I went to see the curious and an-cient castle perched on a small hill about three hundredyards south of the village. It is now in ruins, with theexception of a quadrangular tower called by the nativesthe Kuti Ker, but the foundations of the whole
In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . SHOKA HUiS CHAPTER XXI THE KUTI CASTLE—UNDER WAY—OUR FIRST DISASTER—A CHEERFULAND A SULKY COOLIE—MANSING—A BRIGAND—A STRANGE MEDLEYOF FOLLOWERS—A CHARACTER—TAILORING—FIELDS OF STONES—TROUBLESOME RIVERS—THE JOLINKAN OR LEBUNG PASS—SENSE OFHUMOR—PLEASED WITH SMALL COMFORTS Before leaving Kuti, I went to see the curious and an-cient castle perched on a small hill about three hundredyards south of the village. It is now in ruins, with theexception of a quadrangular tower called by the nativesthe Kuti Ker, but the foundations of the whole structure. PLAN OF KUTI CASTLE I. Piles of stones. 2. Steps. 3. Outer wall. 4. Tower. 6. Windows. 5. Blacksmiths house. can still be plainly seen. I made a plan, which is here repro-duced, as it may be of archaeological interest. The nativescould give me no information regarding it, except that itwas once a kings palace strongly fortified. A small houseof several rooms by the side of the tower is said to havebeen the blacksmiths shop in which the arrow-heads and 138 A CATASTROPHE swords for the kings soldiers were made. The tower isfour yards square at its base, and built of stone. Judgingby its shape and construction, and the curious windows,I am incHned to attribute this castle to Tibetan workman-ship, for identical towers are seen in Tibet, even at Takla-kot. The windows, or rather slits, on each floor of thetower were six inches square; those in the blacksmithshouse were considerably larger. There were outer wallsfor the defence of the fort at places where the castlewould have been most acce
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