In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . Itook to be the Gunkyo. Nevertheless, to make certainof it, I left my men and yaks in the pass and went toreconnoitre from a peak 19,000 feet high, northeast of was much snow, and the ascent was difficult andtedious. When I got to the top another higher peakbarred the view in front of me, so descending first andthen ascending again, I climbed this second summit,finally reaching an elevation of 20,000 feet, and obtain-ing a good birds - eye view of the country all was a long snowy range to the north, and direct-ly
In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . Itook to be the Gunkyo. Nevertheless, to make certainof it, I left my men and yaks in the pass and went toreconnoitre from a peak 19,000 feet high, northeast of was much snow, and the ascent was difficult andtedious. When I got to the top another higher peakbarred the view in front of me, so descending first andthen ascending again, I climbed this second summit,finally reaching an elevation of 20,000 feet, and obtain-ing a good birds - eye view of the country all was a long snowy range to the north, and direct-ly under it, what I imagined to be a stretch of water,judging from the mist and clouds forming above it 29 IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND and from the grass on the lower portion of the moun-tains. A hill range stood in my way, just high enough to con-ceal the lake behind it. I rejoined my men and we con-tinued our march down the other side of the pass, sinkingin deep, soft snow. We pitched our tent at a spot aboutfive hundred feet higher than the plain below us, in a. PHANTOM-LIKE VISITORS gorge formed by the two mountain sides coming close to-gether. Notwithstanding that I was now quite accus-tomed to great altitudes, the ascent to 20,000 feet hadcaused a certain exhaustion, and I should have been gladof a good nights rest. Mansing and Chanden Sing, having eaten some food,slept soundly, but I felt very depressed. I had a peculiarsense of unrest and of some evil coming to us during thenight. 30 SURPRISED BY A PHANTOM ARMY^ We were all three under our little tent, when I began tofancy there was some one outside. I do not know whythe thought entered my head, for I heard no noise, butall the same I felt I must see and satisfy my curiosity. Ipeeped out of the tent with my rifle in hand, and saw anumber of black figures cautiously crawling towards a moment I was outside on my bare feet, running towards them and shouting at the top of my voice: Piutedan tedangP (Look out, look out!) which
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