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0212 India and Tibet : vol.1
インドとチベット : vol.1
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tanese. I wrote at the time that I was hopeful that
from this beginning we might establish more intimate
relations with Bhutan, for the Envoy was the first sensible
man I had met on that frontier, and there might be
advantage in closer intimacy between us. Everything
turned out well afterwards. Mr. White twice visited the
country and established the best possible relations with
the people, and Bhutan is now definitely under our
protection.

This was the last attempt to negotiate before we
advanced. The old Resident at Lhasa spoke much of
coming to meet me, but never came. The new Resident,
who had been appointed specially for this work in De-
cember, 1902, did not reach Lhasa till February the 11th,
1904, and neither he nor any proper Tibetan negotiator
appeared. And we remained patiently at Tuna through
all February and March.

The military officers had a poor time, for they had to
be so rigorously on the watch, and Colonel Hogge had
such a bout of sleeplessness from the effect of the high
altitudes that he had to go for a fortnight's change to
Chumbi, which is only 9,000 feet above sea-level, to give
himself the chance of sleeping again, after which he was
all right. We had, too, twelve cases of pneumonia among
the sepoys, eleven of which, from the altitude, proved
fatal. And one poor young fellow in the postal depart-
ment, Mr. Lewis, had to have both his feet amputated
for frost-bite, and eventually died of the effects.

But we had much to employ us, too. Captain Ryder
would go off surveying; Mr. Hayden would make
geologizing expeditions; Captain Walton would collect
every living animal of any size and description he could
detect; Captain O'Connor would always be surrounded
with Tibetans, of every degree of dirt; and I would
spend my days on the mountain-sides, sheltered as much
as I could be from the wind, getting as much as I could
of the bright warm sunshine of these southern latitudes,
and on the whole thoroughly enjoying myself, for the
natural scenery was an unfailing pleasure.

Generally the days were clear and bright, but almost