372 SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR chap. 



the gateway^ and gallery ^ in the courtyard where the 

 famous Miracle Play annually takes place. 



Next morning (the 25th), after starting my things off, 

 I went again to the Monastery, and saw the two principal 

 Gompas, apartments corresponding to a certain extent 

 with our churches or chapels. The more important of 

 these differed from the usual Gompa of a Lamasery, 

 in that the main shrine, instead of being an image 

 of Buddha, or of one of the gods of the Hindu Pan- 

 theon, was a huge chorten - shaped structure,^ orna- 

 mented with large knobs of coloured stones. With the 

 consent of the Lamas who exhibited the rooms I took 

 a photograph of each. Above the second Gompa* is 

 a room with a low roof, full of images ^ of various sizes, 

 before most of which lights were burning. In one of 

 the passages downstairs I noticed a large prayer-wheel 

 being turned by a small stream of water. It was the 

 first time I had seen water-power used in this way. On 

 leaving the Monastery I photographed a chorten near it 

 with a demon's face,*'' and then marched on to Shushot, 

 where I had my breakfast, getting into Leh (some 20 

 miles from Himis), about 4 p.m. 



There I found my wife at the dak bungalow, as the 

 weather was now cold enough to render a fire pleasant 

 at night, and this could not be had in our tent. 



The whole of the 21st I spent on correspondence 

 and accounts, and in making arrangements for going out 

 after burhel and uryal the next 'day. The Ladak shikari, 



1 See illustration on p. 385. 2 v^ge illustration on p. 393. 



3 See illustration on p. 370. * See illustration on p. 377. 



s See illustration on preceding page. " See illustration on p. 396. 



