ing hard to keep friends with the
gods--_Obos_--Water flowing to us Pp. 158-161

XXVIII
An extensive valley--Kiang, or wild horse--Their strange ways--The
Gyanema fort--Apprehension at our appearance--A parley--"Cut off our
heads!"--Revolt and murder contemplated--Hypocritica ways of Tibetan
officials--Help summoned from everywhere--Preparing for war Pp.
162-166

XXIX
Arrival of a high official--The Barca Tarjum--A tedious palaver--The
Tarjum's anxiety--Permission to proceed--A traitor--Entreated to
retrace our steps--Thirty armed horsemen--A pretty speech Pp.
167-173

XXX
Spying our movements--Disguised sepoys--A gloomy
look-out--Troublesome followers--Another march back--An amusing
incident Pp. 174-177

XXXI
An attempt that failed--A resolution--A smart Shoka lad--The plucky
Chanden Sing proposes to accompany me--Mansing the leper becomes my
servant's servant Pp. 178-181

XXXII
"Devil's Camp"--A fierce snowstorm--Abandoning our tents--Dangers
and perils in prospect--Collecting the men--One load too
many!--Another man wanted and found--A propitious night--Good-bye to
Wilson--The escape--Brigands Pp. 182-186

XXXIII
S.E. wind--Hungry and half frozen--Lakes at 18,960 feet above
sea-level--Cold food at high altitudes--Buried in snow--Mansing's
sufferings--Fuel at last Pp. 187-191

XXXIV
Dacoits--No nonsense allowed--A much-frequented region--A
plateau--The Gyanema-Taklakot track--A dangerous spot--Soldiers
waiting for us--Burying our baggage--Out of provisions--A fall into
the Gakkon River--A bright idea--Nettles our only diet Pp. 192-197

XXXV
All that remained of my men's provisions--The plan to enter the
fort--Appearance of yaks--A band of brigands--Erecting
fortifications--Changes in the temperature--Soldiers in search of us
Pp. 198-201

XXXVI
"Terror Camp"--Two more messengers leave camp--A tribe of Dogpas--A
strange sahib--Our messengers return from Taklakot--The account and
adventures of their mission--In great distress--Two fakirs who
suffered through me--Five hundred rupees offered for my head--The
Shokas want to abandon me--A plot--How it failed Pp. 202-206

XXXVII
A Tibetan guard's encampment--Nattoo volunteers to be a
guide--Treachery and punishment of the Shokas--All ways forward
barred to me--Ev