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Identifier: mounteverestreco01howa (find matches)
Title: Mount Everest, the reconnaissance, 1921
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Howard-Bury, Charles, 1881- Leigh-Mallory, George Herbert, 1886-1924
Subjects: Mount Everest Expedition, 1921
Publisher: New York Longmans, Green and co. London, E. Arnold & co.
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g finely embroidered silks with aChinese hat and a long pigtail, and his manners wereexcellent. He escorted us to the place where our campwas to be, and had had three or four tents already pitched forus. Tea and country beer were at once served, and werested in the shade of his Chinese tents until our transportarrived. We were encamped in a very picturesque spot beside alarge pond that was fuU of bar-headed geese, Brahminyducks and terns. On the opposite side of this pond rosethe walls and towers of the fort of Tinki. As soon as we hadsettled down, the Jongpen came again to pay us a formalvisit, presented us with four sheep and a couple of hundredeggs and promised to do everything he could to help us andto forward us on our way. Half a mile above us was a largevillage and a big monastery belonging to the YeUow Sect ofBuddliists who also owned a fine grove of willows. Thebottom of the valley was all covered with barley fields, nowa tender green and coming up weU. As the fresh transport
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TiNKI DZONO. FROM KHAMBA DZONG TO TINGRI 59 had not arrived, we had to spend the following day there. Thisgave an opportunity for Abdul Jalil, our photographicassistant, to rejoin us. We had sent him back to Phariin order to change some more rupees into Tibetan currency,as we found that Indian notes or rupees were not acceptedany further to the West. Abdul Jalil had been very nervousabout travelling with so much money and had borrowed arevolver and a rifle from members of the Expedition besidestwo large Tibetan swords and a dagger which he obtainedfrom the Jongpen. In the morning, with BuUock, I wentto return the call of the Jongpen. His fort at the time wasunder repair, so he was living in a small house outside themain building. He was very ai^able and gave us tea: wewere then able to make all the arrangements for transportexcept the actual fixing of the price. For this he said hewould have to consult his head-men. Just as we were aboutto leave he insisted on our eating the large mea

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  • bookauthor:Leigh_Mallory__George_Herbert__1886_1924
  • booksubject:Mount_Everest_Expedition__1921
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