THE COUNTRY OF THE BHOTIAS loi 



and found the camp pitched in a flat, with snow lying 

 all round and mist drifting up from the south. The 

 south-west monsoon was about now due, and we were 

 enveloped soon in dense clouds, with a warm damp 

 breeze blowing up from the plains of India. We were 

 close to the summit of the great range, and to-morrow 

 we were to cross the frontier. 



