In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . CAMPING IN SNOW MANSING LOST AND FOUND of butter), but I was afraid that the poor leper might him-self have been washed away in one of the dangerousstreams. Even if this fear were groundless, he must, Ifelt, have suffered terribly from the cold, with no shelterand no fire. Bijesing, who had gone in search of him, hadeaten some food before starting, and had taken blanketswith him in case he could not return to camp during thenight. It was long after sunrise when, with the aid of my tele-scope, I discovered the two men coming towards us
In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . CAMPING IN SNOW MANSING LOST AND FOUND of butter), but I was afraid that the poor leper might him-self have been washed away in one of the dangerousstreams. Even if this fear were groundless, he must, Ifelt, have suffered terribly from the cold, with no shelterand no fire. Bijesing, who had gone in search of him, hadeaten some food before starting, and had taken blanketswith him in case he could not return to camp during thenight. It was long after sunrise when, with the aid of my tele-scope, I discovered the two men coming towards us. Theyarrived an hour or so later. Mansing had been foundsound asleep, several miles back, lying by the side of theempty butter-pot, the contents of which he had discovery of this misdeed caused the greatest indigna-tion in camp, for fatty matter and butter were much cher-ished by the natives, as being warmth-producing, whengoing over these cold passes. He was nearly the victimof summary justice at the hands of my angry men, and itwas only wi
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