breach--Gallantry of Lieutenant Grant and his
Gurkhas--Capture of the Jong 170-194

CHAPTER XI

GOSSIP ON THE ROAD TO THE FRONT

A garden in the forest--A jeremiad on transport--The
servant question--Jung Bir--British
Bhutan--Kalimpong--'The Bhutia tat'--Father
Desgodins--An adventurous career--A lost
opportunity--Chinese duplicity--Phuntshog--New arms and
new friends for Tibet--A mysterious Lama--Dorjieff
again--The inscrutable Tibetan 195-206

CHAPTER XII

TO THE GREAT RIVER

Failure of peace negociations--Opposition expected--Details
of force--March to the Karo la--Villages deserted--The
second Karo la action--The Gurkhas' climb--The Tibetan
rout--The Kham prisoners--Hopelessness of the Tibetans'
struggle--Their troops disheartened--Arrival at
Nagartse--Tedious delegates--The victory of a
personality--Brush with Tibetan cavalry--The last
shot--The Shapes despoiled--Modern rifles--Exaggerated
reports of Russian assistance--The Yamdok Tso--Dorje
Phagmo--Legends of the lake--The incubus of an
army--Why men travel--Wildfowl--Pehte--View from the
Khamba Pass--From the desert to Arcadia--The Tibetan of
the tablelands--The Tuna plateau--Homely scenes--A mood
of indolence--The course of the Tsangpo--The
Brahmaputra Irawaddy controversy--The projected Tsangpo
trip--Legendary geography--Lost opportunities 207-238

CHAPTER XIII

LHASA AND ITS VANISHED DEITY

The passage of the river--Major Bretherton drowned--The Kyi
Chu valley--Tropical heat--Atisa's tomb--Foraging in
holy places--First sight of the Potala--Hidden
Lhasa--Symbols of remonstrance--Prophecies of
invasion--And decay of Buddhism--Medieval
Tibet--Spiritual terrorism--Lamas' fears of
enlightenment--The last mystery unveiled--Arrival at
Lhasa--View from the Chagpo Ri--Entry into the
city--Apathy of the people--The Potala--Magnificence
and squalor--The secret of romance--A vanished
deity--'Thou shalt not kill'--Secret assassinations--A
marvellous disappearance--The Dalai Lama joins
Dorjieff--His personality and character--The verdict of
the Nepalese Resident--The voice without a soul--The
wisdom of his flight--A romantic picture--The place of
the dead