In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . tostand, and several men held me by the body while four orfive others, using their combined strength, stretched mylegs as wide apart as they could go. Fixed in this pain-ful position, the brutes securely tied me by my feet to thelog of wood with cords of yak-hair. Several men w^erernade to pull these cords, and they were so tight thatthey cut grooves into my skin and flesh in several placesround my ankles and on my feet, many of the cuts* beingas much as three inches long. When I was thus firmly bound, one ruffian, the manNerba, whom
In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . tostand, and several men held me by the body while four orfive others, using their combined strength, stretched mylegs as wide apart as they could go. Fixed in this pain-ful position, the brutes securely tied me by my feet to thelog of wood with cords of yak-hair. Several men w^erernade to pull these cords, and they were so tight thatthey cut grooves into my skin and flesh in several placesround my ankles and on my feet, many of the cuts* beingas much as three inches long. When I was thus firmly bound, one ruffian, the manNerba, whom I have mentioned before as having fired a * Measured some weeks later by Dr. Wilson. IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND shot at me, came forward and seized me from behind bythe hair of my head. My hair was long, as it had notbeen cut for over five months. The spectacle before me was overwhelming. By thePombos tent stood in a row the most villanous brutes Ihave ever set eyes upon. One, a powerful, repulsive indi-vidual, held in his hand a great knobbed mallet used for. A DISPLAY OF VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS OF TORTURE fracturing bones; another carried a bow and arrows; athird held a big two-handed sword ; while others made adisplay of various ghastly instruments of torture. Thecrowd, thirsting for my blood, formed up in a semicircle,leaving room for me to see the parade of torture imple-ments that awaited me; and, as my eyes roamed fromone figure to the other, the several Lamas shook theirvarious implements to show that they were preparing foraction. A group of three Lamas stood at the entrance of thetent. They were the musicians. One held a gigantic 138
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