CHAPTER XX 



SEPTEMBER 1 4-2 I KIONGMA CHUMIK TO LEH 



Hanle monastery — The Gompa interior — Prayer-wheels — Merit obtainable 

 from them — Camp at Sango again — Thrown by pony — Nimu ford 

 — Sentence on mountain — Chumathang — Hot springs — Kilmong — 

 Aikeke — Gaik — Kyungyam — Troublesome ponies — Himmi — No 

 bridge — Difficult climb — Chang and sattoo — Likcha — Bad bit of road 

 — Eek — -Shera — Ease in settling transport accounts — Himis monastery 

 — Photographs of the rooms — Leh — Photographs in Leh — The Ladak 

 Pirak — Dress of Ladaki women. 



Clouds were hanging about, and the thermometer stood 

 at 34° F. when I got up on the morning of the 14th of 

 September, and packed up to start for Leh. We had 

 breakfast, as before, at Hanle under the monastery. 

 Afterwards I took the opportunity to go up to that 

 picturesque building, and was very civilly allowed by 

 the Lamas to take some photographs. In particular, I 

 photographed the three watch - dogs, which were kept 

 chained up in one of the courtyards. They were black, 

 thick-coated animals, about the size of Newfoundlands, 

 but marked with tan, just like a Gordon setter. They 

 are said — I do not know with what truth — never to be 

 let loose. 



The Gompa, or place of worship, was, like all 



2 A 



