316 IN TIBET AND CHINESE TURKESTAN.
After a long day of unusually fatiguing labour I was ready for repose, and, having enjoyed a hot meal with refreshing tea, I slept soundly, untroubled by the cold, raw air or the heavy fall of sleet to which I was exposed. In the morning we rose with daylight, and having packed our bedding and warmed ourselves with hot tea, we resumed our task. I was leading forward a couple of excitable ponies, when I heard one of the new men
Sonam Sang.
TYPES OF LADAKI CARAVAN MEN.
calling after lue, " Sonani, Sonam ! " Sonam Sang, who was near me, went to find out what was wrong, and, to my alarm, shouted to me across the valley that Sonam was killed. Sonam had been a great friend of Sonam Sang, who, when he had announced his death, covered his face with his hands and wept. For my part I was both grieved and angry, for here was the direct consequence of Chinese opposition, and I gave
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