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152 ADVENTURES IN TIBET.
their nets, but these were generally too narrow for our vessel.
In one of these canals we very nearly got stuck helplessly
fast. It was five feet too narrow, and shut m on both sides
by hedges of reeds 12 to 14 feet high and of amazing
Women and Children Looking on with Curiosity.
density ; while, to make matters worse, the passage was
so shallow that the ferry-boat would not float. We were
obliged to call in people with spades from all the adjacent
fishing villages. At the end of a couple of hours the native
canoes came streaming up from every direction. The canal
was deepened, and the reeds chopped away on both sides,
and we were then able to force the ferry-boat along, though
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