In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . G—HOME AGAIN It was really wonderful how soon we began to pick upagain under the good care of Dr. Wilson and the influenceof proper food and clothing. WhenI saw my face for the first time in alooking-glass, I nearly had a fit, soghastly did it look ; but I felt morelike myself when I had shaved off mybeard of several months growth ; and,after the ever-obliging Wilson, with apair of blunt scissors, had spent awhole afternoon in performing thefunctions of hairdresser, I began tolook almost civilized again. Clotheswere a great nuisance a
In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . G—HOME AGAIN It was really wonderful how soon we began to pick upagain under the good care of Dr. Wilson and the influenceof proper food and clothing. WhenI saw my face for the first time in alooking-glass, I nearly had a fit, soghastly did it look ; but I felt morelike myself when I had shaved off mybeard of several months growth ; and,after the ever-obliging Wilson, with apair of blunt scissors, had spent awhole afternoon in performing thefunctions of hairdresser, I began tolook almost civilized again. Clotheswere a great nuisance at first, but Isoon got into the way of wearingthem. The injuries to my spine weresevere, and gave me much times the whole of my left side became as if , I invariably experienced the greatest difficulty insitting down when I had been standing, and in getting upwhen I had been sitting down. Through the great strainthey had undergone, my joints continued stiff and swollen,and remained so far months. I could see comparatively 200. MR. J. LARKIN
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