of 1904- From the first day recorded in his journal,
the 7th of September, 1811, to his return to Indian terri-
tory, in June of the following year, such notes as these
constitute the main bulk of his observations :—
" I came in thoroughly wet and dried my clothes
on my, body. Afterwards, upon walking across the
room, I was seized with a violent palpitation. The
insects disturbed me all night.
“ I saw a lad gnawing a turnip, and called to him
immediately, and, showing it to my conductor, asked
the name and told him to give me plenty of it. I
thus got an excellent well-dressed stew with turnips.”
His account of his own behaviour during the crossing
of the Tsang-po is one which most Englishmen would have
blushed to recall, far more to incorporate in their record
of travel.
“ The reminiscences occasioned by the motion of
the boat brought on a fit of European activity. I
could not sit still, but must climb about, seat myself
in various postures on the parapet, and lean over.
The master of the boat was alarmed, and sent a
steady man to hold me tight. I pointed to the ornamented
prow of the boat, and assured them that I
could sit there with perfect safety, and to prove to
them how commodiously I was seated, bent my
head and body down the outside of the boat to the
water’s edge; but finding, by their renewed instances
for me to desist, that I made them uneasy, I went
back to my place and seated myself quietly. As
the boat drew near shore I meditated jumping over,
but was pulled back by the immense weight of my
clothes and the clumsiness of my boots. I was
HMi
Turner’s map of the Phari-Gyantse road, 17S3. A very good piece of work-
better than the best London maps of 1903.
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