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ii8 ADVENTURES IN TIBET.
middle of the market-place I saw, in the midst of the men
and animals, a gigantic tiger, glaring ferociously at us.
Upon nearer examination it turned out to be dead, and
after being set up on its feet had frozen hard in a natural
attitude.
We found all the animals in a satisfactory condition
—
the mules and horses fat and sleek ; the camels and drome-
dary that we had left behind full 6i flesh, but very wild,
as they always are at the beginning of Spring. The drome-
dary in particular was almost uncontrollable in his frenzy ;
he gnashed his teeth and foamed at the mouth until the
froth dropped in big clots to the ground. His scream was
hoarse and awe-inspiring, and he rolled his eyes wildly,
and tried to bite. Woe to the man who went too near
him ! Nobody could do anything with him except
Faisullah. For safety’s sake we kept him tethered by
ropes round the feet and fastened to stakes driven into the
ground, so that he was unable to move from the spot.
During our absence one of the camels had run away.
Although he was tracked and followed all the way to the
mountains, he was not caught. He had evidently turned
wild, having been frightened out of his wits by a tiger or a
wild boar. We never did recover him again ; he was lost
completely.
One of our neighbours gave us two new-born puppies,
which we christened Malenki (the Little One) and Malchik
(the Boy), because they were so small and pretty, and these
names they retained even after they grew up to be giants
of their kind. They both proved to be excellent caravan-
dogs, and were always specially good friends of mine, and
outlived all their comrades.
A wild-goose which we brought with us from Lailik, and
which had travelled with us all the way down the river,
had by this become so much at home, that it no longer paid
any attention to the other wild-geese. These were now
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