an Sing; my father's name is Sohan Sing; I am by
caste Pharswal; twenty-five years of age; by occupation _kheti_;
my home is at Sileri, police station Bichla Kattyur, district
Almora.

I accompanied Mr. Savage Landor into Tibet. We were surrounded
and arrested at Toxem while bargaining and selecting ponies. I
was tied up hand and foot, and again tied to a log of wood with
my master. When I begged for mercy, they threatened to behead me
and struck me on the head with the handle of a _kukri_. We were
taken to Galshio. There the Tibetans were on the point of
beheading my master. They tried to burn out his eyes. They fired
at him twice to kill him. They tried to pull him off his horse to
have him trampled upon. He was subjected to many insults and
hardships. We were kept bound and guarded until brought to
Mansarowar. There our hands were untied. Chanden Sing was with
us. He received about two to three hundred lashes at Toxem. I got
off most lightly, as when the three of us were captured and
examined, I said I was merely the yak driver and not responsible
for anything. I lost nothing, but they took my master's
property--three firearms, some money, and other things; I cannot
enumerate them. We were brought back to Taklakot, where we met
friends. My master was made to sit on a spiked saddle and taken
from Toxem to Galshio.

Read over to witness.

J. LARKIN.

DEPOSITION OF THE REV. HARKUA WILSON, _taken on the 9th day of October
1897. Oath administered by me._

My name is Harkua Wilson. By caste Christian; forty-six years of
age; by occupation missionary; my home is at Dwarahat, police
station M. Dwara, district Almora. I reside at Gunji, Byans.

I am a missionary in the American Methodist Episcopal Society. My
work is in the northern _pattis_ or Bhot. I accompanied Mr.
Savage Landor in July last as far as Gyanima in Tibet. We went
through the Lumpiya Pass. It took us four days from Lumpiya to
get to Gyanima. At this place the Barkha Tarjam declined to allow
me to go on, but he allowed Mr. Landor (who was said to be my
brother) with four porters and three servants to go on; but the
following day he withdrew this permission. We then returned three
marches. At midnight in a snowstorm Mr. Landor went up the
mounta