yak-hide; boat on the river bank loaded with wool 



The boat is built of willow branches covered with yak-hide. Its lightness makes it easy 

 to navigate. But it is so frail that a blow from one's heel may make a hole in the boat. 

 Persons are often drowned in this way. 



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YAK-HIDE BOATS CARRYING PASSENGERS ACROSS THE RIVER (SEE TEXT, PAGE 985) 



