File:Buddhist pilgrims, "Beggars" in caption - number "293" - Image from page of "Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet" (1909).jpg

English: Identifier: transhimalayadis02hedi

Title: Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet Year: 1909 (1900s) Authors: Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952 Subjects: Tibet (China) -- Description and travel Publisher: London : Macmillan and co., ltd. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: le were floodedin consequence of a damming up of the ice lower down.They could not therefore be strewn with sand, and we hadto be careful lest we should fall out of the saddle when thehorses set their feet down in the water 3 feet deep.It is little more agreeable when he jumps up on theopposite edge, and his hoofs slide about before he canget a firm foothold on the smooth ice. Below this place was the fourth crossing—the worstof all—and here the whole train had come to a halt. Onthe right bank, where we stood, the river was broad anddeep, with icy cold, dark-blue, transparent water windingdown, but at the left bank lay a broad belt of ice. Suen,a tall, black-bearded man with very Jewish features, baredhis body and examined the ford on horseback. In sodoing he got into water so deep that his horse began toswim. Then he jumped in himself and swam to the edgeof the ice, where it cost him great effort to climb up. Poorman ! I shivered as I looked at him ; he had been quiteunder water.

Text Appearing After Image: 29j. Beggars.

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