of the worst places along the whole route. The
Bhotia herdsman gave the poor mother half an hour’s
rest, and then drove the whole herd on, while he
carried the kid in his arms.
The opposite bank of the river on the Nepal side is so
KID BORN ON A PRECIPICE OK 1 0 0 0 FT. SHEER DROP ALONG THE
NIRPANI TRACK (MOTHER LYING DOWN IN CENTRE)
close at times that one can frequently get a shot at
ghural, a deer of the chamois tribe, grazing quite
unmindful of the traffic which is going on across, the
raging stream. But having shot the deer it is always
hard, though generally quite possible, to recover the
body. As the Nepalese do not favour bridges it is
exceedingly difficult for a coolie to get across the
stream, and when he has actually crossed he is liable
to find the cliffs so precipitous that he is compelled
to spend much time in going even a short distance.
