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when he arrived, thirty drops of laudanum, 

 a never-faUing remedy, was administered, 

 and he was all right next morning. The 

 snow-storm cleared away, we made ourselves 

 comfortable, and congratulated each other 

 in having continued our march, instead 

 of halting at the spot, where our guide had 

 wished us to encamp. 



Snow next day in the Buspa valley ; but 

 we passed Sangla, and halted at Ragchum, 

 where there were plenty of large rocks and 

 shelter for the men. On the 23rd we passed 

 Cheitool, and picked out the best spot we 

 could find for our camp, as it rained and 

 snowed hard ; in spite of the weather, we 

 shot a couple of burrell on the way up. 

 When we were about three miles above 

 Cheitool, we met the whole of our quondam 

 acquaintances, the inhabitants of the Tartar 

 village of Tangee, where we had been 

 stopped the previous year. Our men wanted 

 to frighten them, but we would not allow it. 

 They appeared very much tired and done 

 up ; they told us that they had had some 



