THE LAND OF THE HUNS in 



account go near the lake or the sacred mountain of Kailas ; 

 that we only desired to travel peaceably in their country 

 and enjoy the chase of wild animals, of which we heard 

 there were plenty ; and that, as we only carried provi- 

 sions for thirty days, we were bound to come back by the 

 same route in that time. 



The Zung-pun had one long earring in his left ear, 

 3 inches long, formed out of a blue-green turquoise stone, 

 and wore a peculiarly shaped bonnet of thick felt. The 

 lama was like a monk, in a long coat of deep red cloth, 

 with a cowl over the head, a rope round his waist, and 

 beads like any rosary, with crosses. He carried a brass 

 praying machine, which he kept winding at times from 

 left to right, for fear at any time an interval without 

 prayer might endanger his soul's welfare, while he was 

 engaged in worldly affairs or in conversing with infidels. 

 The Zung-pun did most of the talking, but deferred 

 always to the spiritual authority for his consent or ap- 

 proval. He informed us that we might stay where our 

 camp stood, and that he would send out shikaris into the 

 jungle, who would kill game for us and bring us the skins 

 and horns. We thanked him for his kind offer, but said 

 we intended to do our own shikar. The lama, though 

 not professing Christian virtues, seemed not to object to 

 Christian beverages ; for when presently a servant placed 

 glasses and a bottle of J. J. Jameson's whisky on the table, 

 his eyes, which had remained expressionless, seemed to 

 recognise the brand and twinkled affectionately. He 

 did not refuse to partake of a drop, and even produced 

 his own drinking vessel, a wooden bowl, from inside his 

 capacious breast pocket, as if he had anticipated the 

 entertainment. The Nirbah, having also partaken, 

 became quite profuse in his offers of supplies and all 

 that we might require, and told us that he would give 



