In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . CLIFF HABITATIONS GENERAL-IN-CHIEF when all was properly settled, the Tibetans, to show theirgratitude, brought me a leg of mutton, some tsamba, andtwo bricks of tea. The morning came, and I was given a fine pony to ride,as were also Chanden Sing and Mansing. Then, followedby my Tibetan troops — a grand cavalcade-—we startedgayly towards Taklakot. We had been informed that the. CHOKDENS NEAR TAKLAKOT Jong Pen was concentrating his men at a certain point onthe road to bar our way—and it was this point that wemust force. My Tibetans sai
In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . CLIFF HABITATIONS GENERAL-IN-CHIEF when all was properly settled, the Tibetans, to show theirgratitude, brought me a leg of mutton, some tsamba, andtwo bricks of tea. The morning came, and I was given a fine pony to ride,as were also Chanden Sing and Mansing. Then, followedby my Tibetan troops — a grand cavalcade-—we startedgayly towards Taklakot. We had been informed that the. CHOKDENS NEAR TAKLAKOT Jong Pen was concentrating his men at a certain point onthe road to bar our way—and it was this point that wemust force. My Tibetans said that they hated the JongPens men, and swore they would slaughter them all ifthey made any stand. But they are such cowards, declared one of the Tib-etan officers, that they will run away. All this talk stopped suddenly when we heard the dis-tant tinkling of our enemies horse-bells, and though I en-couraged my men as best I could, a panic began to spread 191 IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND among them. The Jong Pens men came in sight, andpresently I witnessed the strange spectacle of two armiesface to face, each in mortal terror of the other. Notwithstanding my remonstrances, matchlocks andswords were deposited on the ground with anxious eager-ness by both parties, to show that only peaceful intentionsprevailed. Then a conference was held, in which every-body seemed ready to oblige everybody else except me. While this was still proceedi
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