In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . therewas a crash. The tree broke, and the man was in thewater, frightened and screaming pitifully, clutching abranch with convulsive fingers. Another coolie went to his rescue, but the tree beingnow swung by the current, he also was pitched into thewater. It was only after a terrible moment of suspensethat our men had the common-sense to draw the treeback towards the shore. One and all joined in a supremeeffort, and the two men were eventually saved. Our way to the next camp was first through a high,narrow ororo^e. A beautiful waterfa
In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . therewas a crash. The tree broke, and the man was in thewater, frightened and screaming pitifully, clutching abranch with convulsive fingers. Another coolie went to his rescue, but the tree beingnow swung by the current, he also was pitched into thewater. It was only after a terrible moment of suspensethat our men had the common-sense to draw the treeback towards the shore. One and all joined in a supremeeffort, and the two men were eventually saved. Our way to the next camp was first through a high,narrow ororo^e. A beautiful waterfall on terraces facedus. From 6700 feet the road ascended to 7650 feet,then on flights of steps and m places over crow-bars theweary traveller descended to 7000 feet, where at Malpa 65 IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND the road was for a space nearly level. The Malpa River,running from north to south, was crossed. On theNepal side across the Kali the vegetation was luxuriant,while on the Kumaon side it was sparse and on, another beautiful THE NERPANT ROAD The track now rose on a steep incline to 8120 feetamong huge rocks and boulders. What with the gi-gantic snow-peaks, the pretty waterfalls, the weird char-acter of the country traversed, one got so interested inones surroundings that one forgot all about any difficultyof climbing. From barren hills and rocks the track suddenly be-came clayish and sandy, and in a series of zig-zagswell shaded by Tchuk, Utish, and Ritch trees, with a 66 LAHMARI CAMP thick undergrowth of scrub wood and stunted vegetation,we found ourselves down as low as 6750 feet, ascendingimmediately after in a very short distance to 8100 feet atCamp Lahmari. In olden times the path went over the highest part ofthe cliff, and it took a good walker the whole day to f
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