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| In Tibet and Chinese Turkestan : vol.1 |
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Citation Information
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CHAPTER III
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Council of War—Plan of operations—Skill and pluck of Pike-
Changfûnchuk—Chukpas completely surprised—Anxiety about Pike—Searching for missing animals—Burning surplus baggage-
_ Our situation—Serious outlook—" Caching " stores—Making
clothes out of tents—Illness of Pike—Anxiety about water—Waterless camp—Meeting with Nomads—They refuse to help us—
Shown the wrong direction—Lost' in the desert 38
CHAPTER IV
Lost in the desert—Found by Pike—Sudden ending of a riverReconnoitring—Entering inhabited country—Gerge—Negotiations with Tibetans—Inquisitive—Medicine useless—Enemy strongly reinforced—No assistance obtainable—We decide to start at all costs—Expected fight—Peaceful departure—False news—Gerche —Arranging for transport—Natives willing to assist us—Fear of severe punishments—Compelled to return to Ladak—Departure from Gerche—Alternative routes—Difficulty of surveying—Scarcity of grass and water—Dreadful sore backs—Treatment of wounds—Record Ovis Ammon head ,
CHAPTER V
Good water—Difficult ascent—Hard work—Departure of our escort—Mountain sickness—Game very wild—Misled by guide—Annoying ponies—Trying ascent to a hill station—News of Chukpas—Guides propose an attack—Division of spoil--Keze Chaka--Halwa— Enforced short marches—Bad state of transport—Feelings of Tibetans towards Europeans—Pombos—Taxes—Curious behaviour of sick mule—Dusty camp—Frozen ink—Waterless camp—Strange river —In search of Rundor—Flashing signals—Reliable news of Rundor 66
CHAPTER VI
Ramzan sent to Ladak—His excuse for delaying-Pike's love of cold water — Annoying caravan men — Rundor — " Presents " from Pombo—Fresh transport—Names of, places—Large glacier—The Nabo La—Mountain sickness—Sanman again disobedient—The last halt—Cold weather—Accident to theodolite—End of surveying—Strange visitor—Rassoula's konka "—Grass and fuel very scarce—Death of animals—Our scribe Rassoula—Sending for transport and supplies—Shooting ponies—Arrival -of men from
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