In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . THE NERPANT ROAD reach from one spring of,water to the next—hence thename of waterless. Here practically ended the Nerpani (waterless track),and an involuntary shower-bath soon awaited the passer-by, drenching him to the skin, unless he was providedwith waterproof and umbrella. The spray descendedfrom a great height for a length of some thirty or fortyyards, the road being very narrow and very slippery, so 67 IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND that progress was particularly slow. The name of thewaterfall was Takti, The track, if not more level, wa
In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . THE NERPANT ROAD reach from one spring of,water to the next—hence thename of waterless. Here practically ended the Nerpani (waterless track),and an involuntary shower-bath soon awaited the passer-by, drenching him to the skin, unless he was providedwith waterproof and umbrella. The spray descendedfrom a great height for a length of some thirty or fortyyards, the road being very narrow and very slippery, so 67 IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND that progress was particularly slow. The name of thewaterfall was Takti, The track, if not more level, was nevertheless betterafter this to the sore-footed walker. It was less rocky,and devoid of the tiresome flights of steps. On leaving Lahmari w^e immediately had a steep riseto 9600 feet. Then a drop of 400 feet, and we found. THE CHAI-LEK PASS ourselves on the Buddi River, a tributary of the above the bridge was a magnificent waterfall, bythe left side of which we found a kind of grotto hol-lowed out under a rock. The Shokas and Tibetans usedit as a camping-ground. To our right, high up on the cliff-side, was the pict-uresque village of Buddi (9300 feet), with its two andthree storied houses. Below and over it in long zigzags THE CHAI PASS could be seen the track ascending to the top of Chai-Lek, or Tcheto Pass, as the Shokas call it. At bearingsmagnetic 170° we had the towering Namjun peak, sohigh that I was told it could be seen even from Almoraand Ranikhet. Then as we proceeded up the steep clayish track Icould not, on looking back, help admiring the magnifi-
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