Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . ce in my Ladaki company. Mollah Shahtold us for our encouragement that a large caravan hadlost fifty-two horses on the pass, and had been obliged toleave behind the greater part of their goods. None of my people knew yet my actual plans. Aslong as we were on the great winter route to EasternTurkestan they must all believe that Khotan was mydestination. We had also the advantage that all who metus would report in Ladak that they had seen us on thegreat highv/ay, and thus no suspicion would be aroused. December 10. It was colder, the minimum
Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . ce in my Ladaki company. Mollah Shahtold us for our encouragement that a large caravan hadlost fifty-two horses on the pass, and had been obliged toleave behind the greater part of their goods. None of my people knew yet my actual plans. Aslong as we were on the great winter route to EasternTurkestan they must all believe that Khotan was mydestination. We had also the advantage that all who metus would report in Ladak that they had seen us on thegreat highv/ay, and thus no suspicion would be aroused. December 10. It was colder, the minimum tempera-ture being — ^ My Curzon hat was burned in the its place I put on a large skin-cap which MuhamedIsa had sewed together, and wound round it a pugree as aprotection against the sun. Arms of the river with a gentlecurrent were covered with glittering ice, but the mainstream, now much smaller, was nearly free. At the campat Charvak a spring brook dashed down the rocks in atinkling cascade, though the cold did all it could to silence.
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