In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . oraise the camp, and at 2 we were under way back toKuti. The day had been an unusually warm one, and thesurface of the snow, so hard the previous day, was nowsoft and watery. Several of the snow bridges had al-ready disappeared. I had descended to the river preceded by some of mycoolies. Two of them just in front of me were crossingover the stream on a thick and broad archw^ay of ice. Iwas waiting for them to be safely across. When themen had nearly reached the other side they noticed apeculiar vibration underfoot. Scrambling awa
In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . oraise the camp, and at 2 we were under way back toKuti. The day had been an unusually warm one, and thesurface of the snow, so hard the previous day, was nowsoft and watery. Several of the snow bridges had al-ready disappeared. I had descended to the river preceded by some of mycoolies. Two of them just in front of me were crossingover the stream on a thick and broad archw^ay of ice. Iwas waiting for them to be safely across. When themen had nearly reached the other side they noticed apeculiar vibration underfoot. Scrambling away as bestthey could, they gave the alarm. I drew back hastily. In the nick of time! for with adeafening roar like magnified thunder, echoed from cliffto cliff, dow^n went the bridge. The huge pieces of ice,only a moment before forming part of the vault, werenow swept away by the furious stream and thrown withtremendous force against the next bridge, which quiveredunder the terrible clash. Three days marching over the same route brought meback to CHANDEN SING AND THE BAKUROLLING UP MY BEDDING 96 CHAPTER XV AN EARTHQUAKE —CURIOUS NOTIONS OF THE NATIVES — A SHOKATAILOR AND HIS WAYS—THE ARRIVAL OF SILVER CASH—TWO ROCKSIN THE KALI—ARROGANCE OF A TIBETAN SPY On hearing that Dr. Wilson was now in Garbyang Iwent to call upon him. Squatted on soft Chinese andTibetan mats and rugs, we were enjoying cup after cupof tea and devouring chapatis, when suddenly the wholebuilding began to shake and rumble in the queerestmanner, upsetting teapot and milk, and sending the cha-patis roaming to and fro all over the room. Leaving Dr. Wilson to save our precious beverage, Ipulled out watch and compass to notice duration and di-rection of the shock. It was undulatory, very violent,and oscillating from south-southwest to duration was exactly four minutes two seconds. Theearthquake began at and ended at 5h. 24m. 2s. It strikes me that it might have been
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