294 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [August, 1912. 
sources, in all of ehioh the aisha is ascribed by the na- 
tives to ‘“ pestilential emanations’’ or ‘‘ poisonous winds.’ 
The earliest text belongs to Father Anthony de Andrada, 8.J., 
who in Baie passed into Western Tibet by way of Badrinath 
and M 
Ritter tet by Col. Yule merely alludes to it. The text 
is as follow 
fen b> that desert [beyond Mana] there is no wood or anything 
“‘ with which to make a fire; and so, the food which travellers 
‘*take with them consists of Sunted secur reduced to powder, 
‘¢which, when they want to eat, they put in water, and they 
‘make a kind of porridge which they drink, without taking any- 
‘thing which has touched fire, since there is none; and in this 
‘‘way they keep themselves alive in going across that waste; but 
‘‘many die in it. They [the natives] say that the ground, when 
‘uncovered [bare of shee gives rise to certain vapours so harm- 
‘* ful that, though neither hand nor foot may pain you, you feel 
‘certain discomforts which kill you in less than a quarter of an 
‘thour. I believe this is due to the great cold and want of ees 
without str srl pre Me Si on account of the poisonous 
exhalations of c 
' Onions were moet arn employed to counteract these 
evil ** emanations 
Brother Benedict Goes, S. J., who crossed the Pamir range 


ages Cf. Con. H. Yune and A. Burnerz, London, Murray, 1886, pp- 
2 Cf. P. Ant. Franco, 8.J., Imagem da virtude em o noviciado da 
