KHAMTI TO INDIA 



As one throws out everything from a balloon to lighten it, 

 so we decided upon a still further reduction of impedimenta ; 

 and, to this end, discarded the men's tents and as much else as 

 we possibly could. Our men themselves proposed each to carry 

 an additional share of the remainder, preferring increased individual 

 loads to staying longer in this place. They had now been more 

 than two months 

 on the road, and 

 were as anxious 

 to reach India as 

 ourselves. 



We were satis- 

 fied with the look 

 of our CTuide, who 

 was a robust and 

 thick-set fellow, 

 with more of the 

 hillman than the 

 plain about him, 

 resembling the 

 Singphos rather 

 than the Pais, and 

 acquainted with 

 the dialect of the former. He was to accompany us as far as 

 Dibrugarh, where we hoped to reach the railway. 



To fill the afternoon before our actual start, I paid a visit to 

 the village of Panlian. about three - quarters of a mile to the 

 south. In the pagoda here the bonzes had a large number of 

 puppies — a regular dogs' home. I was interested in a sugar- 

 cane press in the courtyard. Two posts, one vertical and the 



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Poulanghing, our Guide lioni Khamti. 



