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large droves of cattle, shawl goats, deer, musk deer, hares, and other 
wild animals. I saw also, in this and the last day’s journey, many 
coveys of partridges, and pheasants, some quails, and great multitudes 
of foxes. 
The modes ol conveyance here for baggage are altogether different 
from the usage of the inhabitants of Bootan, where every thing, with¬ 
out exception, is loaded upon the shoulders of the people, and where, 
to their shame be it spoken, the women bear the heaviest share of so 
laborious an employment. In Tibet, goods are carried by the chowry 
cattle, horses, mules, and asses, each animal taking the burdens of two 
men. We still travelled on horseback; but here a groom is not 
attached to each horse, as in Bootan, holding the bridle all the time, 
a precaution very necessary with their headstrong Tanguns, as a guard 
against the danger of their tremendous precipices, and to keep them 
within the limits of their narrow roads. Here every rider guides his 
own horse; and, when he has occasion to dismount, pickets him to 
the ground with an iron pin, fastened to the end of a spare rein, which 
you have not the trouble of carrying in your hand, but which is wound 
round the horse’s neck, just behind his head. Their horses are so 
extremely docile, that you may manage them exactly as you please: 
they are not natives of Tibet, but are brought from Eastern Tartary, 
and the borders of Toorkistan, as merchandise; before they are per¬ 
mitted to be transported, care is taken to deprive them of the power 
of increasing their species : mares are never met with: they are quiet, 
sure-footed creatures, but slow, and ugly; they have large heads, and 
the tallest of them are not above fourteen hands high. What adds 
