A SUMMER IN HIGH ASIA. 



Thibetans, very thick and poured out of their not 

 overclean vessels, is not very inviting, and looks like 

 muddy barley-water. The following is the recipe 

 for the manufacture of " chang," as given by 

 Moorcroft : " The grain (barley) is boiled until it 

 is soft, and then dried ; to about ten pounds of this 

 softened grain, three ounces of the dough used for 

 wheat cakes, but dried and pounded, are added, 

 and the mixture is put into a bag, and kept in a 

 warm place until it ferments, which it does usually 

 in two or three days. Equal measures of the 

 prepared barley and cold water are put together in 

 an earthen vessel, and after standing two days the 

 fluid is strained off; a similar quantity of water is 

 again added, and treated in the same manner, and 

 the beverage is the liquor called ' chang.' ' 



The Chagzot was the possessor of a small dog of 

 the Lhassa breed, looking something like a skye 

 terrier, which was evidently a great favourite, and 

 was not forgotten during the repast. In the mean- 

 time our servants were regaled with tea by the 

 Lama retinue. After this short halt we pursued 

 our way, and soon afterwards, leaving the Indus 

 Valley, crossed a low ridge into the nalah of the 

 Hanle River, which comes down from a range to the 

 southwards. On the road we saw no living animal 

 save the everlasting kyang, and eventually encamped 

 on a stretch of green boggy turf, where there was 

 some tamarisk and "japsang" for fuel. The 

 mosquitoes in the middle of the day were terrible, 



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