Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . uffered from a delusion, imagining thata shade, the restless soul, the invisible ghost of a dogfollowed me wherever I went. I felt the presence of aninvisible dog which followed me into my tent, and amongthe Tibetans, and always whined and pleaded for help,and I was worried that I could give no help or consolationto my lost, wandering friend. But soon we had otherthings to think of, other dogs became my friends, and wewere daily entangled in a skein of troubles which mustlead to a crisis, and the cares of the past paled before thegravity of
Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . uffered from a delusion, imagining thata shade, the restless soul, the invisible ghost of a dogfollowed me wherever I went. I felt the presence of aninvisible dog which followed me into my tent, and amongthe Tibetans, and always whined and pleaded for help,and I was worried that I could give no help or consolationto my lost, wandering friend. But soon we had otherthings to think of, other dogs became my friends, and wewere daily entangled in a skein of troubles which mustlead to a crisis, and the cares of the past paled before thegravity of the moment. March lo. Such a day as this is interesting to lookback on, but it was hard and cruel as long as it six oclock I was awakened with the disquietinginformation that two Tibetans were approaching our made haste to dress myself and paint my face and handsblack with a thin coating. Meanwhile the strangers arrivedand were invited into Abdul Kerims tent, where I heardthem talking pleasantly about sheep and money—so they. 3i8. The Author as a Shepherd. ADVENTURES IN NAGRONG 299 were not spies ; our time had not yet come. One of theguests was the brother-in-law, the other a neighbour ofhis, who, when he heard what a good price we paid forsheep, said he was ready to sell us four he had broughtwith him, as well as a lively goat. Abdul Kerim hadreceived a general order to buy all the sheep he could pro-cure, so he took them. The goat was, as has been said, alively beast, and he ran off at once and could not be caughtagain. The two Tibetans went off to the lamas tent to drinktea, but the critical time was not yet over, for probablythey would return to see us start. Therefore, while thetents were still standing, I set out with Tubges, LittleKunchuk, and Snoring Kunchuk, as we called SonamKunchuk on account of his terrible timber-sawing propen-sities, when they drove our thirty-one sheep down the we went off the Tibetans came out and watched us,b
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