Mansing

[Illustration: THE KUTI CASTLE] "Mansing," he said drily, becoming immediately again absorbed in one of his reveries.

In the Forbidden Land Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

"Mansing," he said, dryly, becoming immediately again absorbed in one of his dreamy trances.

An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

I, without further trouble, recovered my yaks and drove them back to where Chanden Sing and Mansing were busy lighting a fire to make some tea.

An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

Chanden Sing and Mansing, with their clothes and mine tied into a bundle over their shoulders, got on the animals, and, after a somewhat anxious passage, arrived safely on my side.

An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

In order that this might not happen again, I ordered Mansing to carry a heavy load of photographic plates and instruments, which I thought would not prove quite so appetizing.

An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

When I crawled inside the tent again Chanden Sing and Mansing, wrapped head and all in their blankets, were still snoring!

An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

Mansing, the coolie, was placed, with his arms pinioned, on a bare-back pony.

An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

Mansing being elected there and then as my aides-de-camp.

An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

I paid off my faithful coolie Mansing, giving him enough for a start in life.

An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

This must have been done to make Mr. Landor believe that Mansing was being executed.

An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894