first of all terrific heat in the low valleys, then rain,
bitter winds and cold, while at Tithila, 9000 ft. up,
the weather was particularly unpleasant. Then, as
we marched to Galagar over a pass 10,000 ft. high,
we had drenching rain all day, and this was followed
A TYPICAL BIT OF ROAD ALONG THE KALI RIVER
OVERHANGING A PRECIPICE
by a very moist night. Again, as we marched on to
Malpa, and Budhi, 9000 ft. high, the rain and damp
continued and affected many in the camp, who contracted
fever. On reaching the plateau of Garbyang,
10,300 ft. high, we had a driving wind with mist and
more rain, while the cold after the heat of the valleys
seemed to eat into one’s very bones. Very unfortunately,
this native gentleman had fever with ague
pains and a severe chill on the chest, all of which
were perfectly natural considering the trying weather
we had had. At Garbyang he was so ill that he had to
take to his bed, and we began to doubt if he could
ever be well enough to go with us into Tibet, for Long-
staflf diagnosed the case as rheumatic fever. He was
perfectly willing to take European medicines, but
. . . and there was a very great but . . .
A VERY STEEP AND ROUGH ASCENT ALONG THE HALT RIVER
There is a Bhotia (popularly christened “ Lama” )
who lives at Tinkar, just across the border of Nepal
opposite Garbyang. This man is wholly ignorant' of
medicine and never pretends to employ drugs, but is
proficient in the use of spells and incantations. When
the nephew of Pundit Gobaria, the local millionaire,
had such terrible rheumatism in his legs that he was
unable to walk, this “ Lama ” effected a cure, simply
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( Photographed from below)