Gen, Tang helped the two men to engage porters, six to carry the skin boat, and five to carry their belong. ings'as for as the right bank of tel Boynd for Shanghat from Tibet. to the horror of a number of Euro. of Chinese po and hundreds tibetans, his footing fand was" inthe surging, ice-cold water.
Roubin saw his danger but wi helpless to render any assistance. However, Mandeville was a powerful swimmer #0. was able to keep) himself afloat." Those watching saw him carried swiftly down the river where te was bumped against a rock fand carried dang between two! other rocks. He went down but} feame up again and those watehina anxiously could see he was havi terrible struggle to yet out of th Strong current. With a herculean effort he reached the right bank and crawled on to it weak and tired, only' to find himself on an island, with stil some more water to cross
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