rapidity -with,. which my patients were relieved, ensured me a .large dental practice. On some days it was difficult to go out of doors without being waylaid by sufferers or applicants for - medicine. One morning, after having attended to many patients, I thought I might venture forth for a walk, but at the door I was met by the Yu Bashi holding a man, who extended his arm towards me and muttered " Issok, _issok " (hot, hot) . According to native notions diséaaes • were either " hot " or " cold," and it was the duty of the medicine man to determine which description applied to-the case on hand. I felt the man's pulse and found. it normal ; his tongue was of the proper hue, and his temperature was not high ; still he kept repeating the 'word " Issok, issok," with which I thought myself familiar. I. re-entered my room and brought out a box of pills, which I knew could do no harm. The man had a look of surprise as I proceeded to administer the drug, but just then IRaju approached, and, after a little questioning, informed me that the applicant had said, not " Issok " (hot) but " Issuk " (donkey), asking payment for the hire of his donkey the previous day.
In the hope of obtaining guides and other assistance for a journey towards Ladak to meet the overdue men, I entered into negotiations with the Chow-Kuan of Kiria, and, while these were pending, pitched my camp on the high plateau I had already crossed. The place was exposed, waterless, and destitute of fuel, but its position was suitable for the purpose of measuring a base-line and determining the height of the principal adjacent peaks, including the double peak already mentioned. During the first day I had clear weather, but afterwards a dense haze overspread the country, so that even the near foothills were obscured, and surveying became impossible. For ten days I waited in that cheerless place, hoping that the veil would rise ; and the tedium became intolerable,
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