gooseberry bushes covered with small sour fruit. At Sia La was a single house an official rest-house. The wife of an official arrived here. She had a wonderful head-dress and was bound for Shigatse via Nagchuka.
Denchin, the Chungbu Denchin of Rockhill, was reached on the following day after an easy march of 13 miles. At 31 miles he crossed the Sié Chu by a log bridge and then ascended the fertile valley with several small villages one with a five-storied mud house. At 9-i miles is the junction of the Sié Chu and the Zong Chu, and Pereira followed up the latter, fording it twice. Denchin has ninety-three families and is a very important village, as routes radiate out from it, north to .Tye-kundQ, west to Nagchuka, and south to Shobando. Pereira put up in a small clean room in a small monastery, the official bringing him a tray of sweets, raisins and Chinese dates.
New arrangements for " ula " transport being necessary Pereira stopped at Denchin for a day. It was a beautiful autumn day and Denchin was a charming spot. From the terrace of his house he had a fine view of the valley and of high red sandstone hills covered with grass and with patches of yellow fields. Between the Zong Chu and the village was a fertile little plain 2 miles long by half a mile broad, yellow with stubble. To the south was the Ri Ma hill, 2000 or 3000 feet high. And in the background were high limestone hills, one with a hole through the rocks.
The Tibetans seemed to be very joyous and always laughing, but also very servile. They would pass Pereira anxiously, but when they saw
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