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PULLING FOR LIFE. 441
on the lake until dark. As we made our way home, the
long line of bivouac-tires along the shore was quite like a
festive illumination.
Next day we packed up and started for Ladak. After
ordering the caravan to make for a suitable point at the
west end of the lake, I once more took to the skiff, preferring
my own company to the clatter and noise of the 500
Tibetans, and with Kutchuk for my boatman I started to
Our Camp on the First Island in Ciiargut-tso.
row up the Chargut-tso. We took warm clothing with us,
and were provisioned for three days. Just as we saw the
long black line of mounted men disappearing behind the
mountains, a half gale sprang up in the west. But it was
then too late to turn back ; nor was there any protecting
headland anywhere near. Our only hope was to pull for
our lives to the nearest little rocky islet, of which there were
two or three in the middle of the lake. Here we sounded
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