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468 ADVENTURES IN TIBET.
joy, we were met by a relief caravan of 12 horses and 30
yaks, which the governor of Ladak had sent to help us.
It was under the leadership of two Ladakis, Gulang Hira-
man, a comical, good-natured old man, who literally beamed
with benevolence, and Anmar Ju, who spoke Persian,
so that I was able to hold tolerable intercourse with him,
thanks to my halting remembrances of the land of the Lion
and the Sun. They brought with them sheep, flour, rice,
dried fruits, milk, sugar, and corn for our animals. Thank
goodness ! Our sufferings were now over, and the relics
of the caravan, which was actually on its very last legs,
were saved. Here too the last tie that connected us with
the wondrous and mysterious land of Tibet was severed,
when we said good-bye to the escort which accompanied
us to the frontier. At parting we gave to the Tibetans
all the old cooking utensils we no longer needed, such as
saucepans, cups, cans, etc., our old worn-out clothes, and
a revolver, with all which they were immensely pleased.
But Tibet claimed yet one more of our veterans as toll
for our passage across her inhospitable wilds. Yoldash
spent the night as usual sleeping on the felts at my feet.
At sunrise he got up, shook himself, and ran back up the
mountains on the east, and—never came back again. Per-
haps he thought—perhaps he still thinks, that I shall go
back and fetch him.
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