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0228 Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000231
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Achbar, who must hasten over the Gilgit route to
Kashgar. Lassoo had compounded in some way
with his Ladaki wife and no longer talked of spend-
ing the winter in Leh. In parting with these faithful
servants we were definitely closing a short, eventful
act in our life's drama, an act in which both of them
had nobly played their allotted parts. So, it was
with a yearning back to the Chang, the great, deso-
late, high plains, and to the humble companions
who had shared our toils, that we jumped into the
impatient tonga and were swept down the royal road
to the Outside. And the Outside is, first, Rawal
Pindi, which is on the railway, then all India lying
before us. It is in the guide-books and in Kipling.
You may drink it as beer from the guide-books or
sip it as nectar from Kipling.