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hours, and it was not till eleven o'clock that we arrived 

 just below the summit of the Tagalang Pass (18,042 feet). 

 Our lunch-basket and servants were then a long way 

 behind, and we thought that Debring must be close 

 below the Pass on the other side, and that we had 

 better make for it at once. So we climbed to the top, 

 and then perceived that Debring was still several miles 

 away. We here got our first attack of mountain sick- 

 ness, an ailment that few escape who get up to 

 considerable altitudes. We found ourselves getting 

 headaches when nearing the Pass, and ought at once to 

 have stopped for breakfast, so as to have had a meal 

 before crossing. If we had taken this precaution, we 

 should probably not have suffered at all, for we were 

 not affected when crossing the Marsemik La into 

 Changchenmo some weeks later (though that Pass is 

 higher than the Tagalang), simply, we believed, because 

 we took breakfast before going over. As it was, our 

 headaches increased as we went up, and we were in 

 sorry plight when we began the descent. There was 

 no use stopping at the top for breakfast, as there was 

 no water anywhere, and we therefore had to continue 

 going down till, about noon or a little after, we struck 

 the stream that supplies the Champas of Debring. Here 

 we waited, trying to shelter ourselves from the cold 

 wind behind some tramsa^ bushes, till the tiffin basket 

 and servants turned up about an hour later. We were 

 feeling too bad to have much breakfast, but we had a 

 little tea and stayed where we were till evening. All 

 the servants were suffering from bad headaches also, 



1 See description on p. 245. 



