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house and furnishes yours, with a speed, alacrity, and inge- 

 nuity that wile away that well-known long hour when the 

 weary pilgrim frets for his couch. In all my dealings with 

 these people, they proved scrupulously honest. Except for 

 drunkenness and carelessness, I never had to complain of 

 any of the merry troop ; some of whom, bareheaded and 

 barelegged, possessing little or nothing save a cotton 

 garment and a long knife, followed me for many months 

 on subsequent occasions, from the scorching plains to 

 the everlasting snows. Ever foremost in the forest or 

 on the bleak mountain, and ever ready to help, to carry, to 

 encamp, collect, or cook, they cheer on the traveller by 

 their unostentatious zeal in his service, and are spurs to 

 his progress. 



TIBETAN AMULET. 



