We were a cheerful and noisy party as we wended our way down the last gully to the river bank: the donkey-men were excited at the prospect of this novel" adventure, the villagers: stirred out of their usual dull routine by the appearance of these unexpected and profitable visitors, while I was in a good temper at having Teached this unknown part of the We came out on to a stretch with sandy beaches on either bank where the river broadened out a Uttle be-{ween forbidding-looking gorges above and below. It was a alient and deserted world: not a soul to be seen, and not a sound to be heard except our own voles and the swish of the current as it rushed furiously past with a kind of determined ferocity. Fortunately, the day was warm and the sun shining brightly. For I can imagine that on a cold and gloomy day the prospect of fording the river at this lonely spot might have been anything but alluring.
We proceeded to strip. Our guides! a els Soe We lett the fort soon atter noon and for Into very wild and pleturtimes completely hidden by the vexe= fexque country where the track Was at
{ation and where we had to force our way through the scrub and bushes, the leaves of which were just begin: ning to take on their autumn tints of Fed and gold, Early in the afternoon ive arrived at a small empire perched itself high up on the mountain jo. Here. we had 10 say" for the hight as there was no-alter place we could reach before dark.
Tk is not often one finds a temple like this all by Itself, far aay from other hnbitatins and of even out mountain top. But this temple, com= monly Known as the. Fierce' Tiger 'Temple, had good grounds for its situation there, In former' tines, T was told, the hills hero had been in-ented with tigers Which preyed on see A eat a ce tea guides on their second journey, with Sheen rt Seles Feb MGR any than I had bargained for, and it took me all my strength and the help. my stick to keep my balance and off my feet. If one is at all giddy, it is as well not to look down at the water but to keep one's eyes fixed rigidly on the opposite shore, as when one fs in the
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