S: Departure of the Soul--Cremation--Amusement of the
dead man's soul--The lay figure--Feasting--Doleful
dance--Transmigration of the soul--Expensive ceremonies--Offerings
before the lay figure--Dancing and contortions--Martial dances--Solo
dances--The animal to be sacrificed and the lay figure--Chasing the
animal from the village--Tearing out its heart--The yak driven over
a precipice--Head shaving--A sacred cave Pp. 98-110

XVIII
Touching Shoka farewell--Feelings curiously expressed--Sobs and
tears--The start--A funereal procession--Distressed father and
mother--Kachi and Dola the worse for drink--Anxious moments--The
bridge destroyed Pp. 111-115

XIX
A dangerous track--Perilous passage--A curious bridge over a
precipice--Pathetic Shoka custom--Small misadventures--A grand
reception--Tea for all tastes Pp. 116-119

XX
Dr. Wilson joins my expedition for a few marches--What misdeeds a
photographic camera can do--Weighing, dividing, and packing
provisions--Two extra men wanted--The last friendly faces Pp.
120-122

XXI
The Kuti Castle--Under way--Our first disaster--A cheerful and a
sulky coolie--Mansing--A brigand--A strange medley of followers--A
character--Tailoring--Fields of stones--Troublesome rivers--The
Jolinkan or Lebung Pass--Sense of humour--Pleased with small
comforts Pp. 123-130

XXII
Want of fuel--Cooking under difficulty--Mansing lost and
found--Saved from summary justice--Tibetan visitors--We purchase
sheep--The snow-line--Cold streams--The petrified _chapati_ and
human hand Pp. 131-136

XXIII
The scout's return--A small exploring party--The Mangshan glacier
Pp. 137-140

XXIV
Snow and troublesome _debris_--The doctor's sufferings--Kachi
disabled--Further trials--A weird apparition--Delirium--All
safe--The descent Pp. 141-147

XXV
The sources of the Kuti River--The Lumpiya glacier--The summit of
the range--Bird's-eye view of Tibet--Rubso frozen almost to
death--The Lumpiya Pass--Two coolies in distress Pp. 148-153

XXVI
Mysterious footprints--Brigand or spy?--Passes and tracks--Intense
cold--No fuel--A high flat plateau--Fuel at last!--Two spies in
disguise--What they took us for Pp. 154-157

XXVII
Lama Chokden--A Tibetan guard--The sacred Kelas--Reverence of my men
for the sacred Mountain--Try