An Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet - Prajna Quest

:208 TIBET.large droves of cattle, shawl goats, deer, musk deer, hares, and otherwild animals. I saw also, in this and the last day's journey, manycoveys of partridges, and pheasants, some quails, and great multitudesof foxes.The modes of conveyance here for baggage are altogetherdifferentfrom the usage of the inhabitants of Bootan, where every thing, withoutexception, isloaded upon the shoulders of the people, and where,to their shame be it spoken, the women bear the heaviest share of solaborious an employment.In Tibet, goods are carried by the chowrycattle, horses, mules, and asses, each animal taking the burdens of twomen. We still travelled on horseback; but here a groom is not.attached to each horse, as in Bootan, holding the bridle all the time,a precaution very necessary with their headstrong Tanguns, as a guardagainstthe danger of their tremendous precipices, and to keep themwithin the limits of their narrow roads. Here every rider guides hisown horse; and, when he has occasion to dismount, pickets him tothe ground with an iron pin, fastened to the end of a spare rein, whichyou have not the trouble of carrying in your hand, but which is woundround the horse's neck, just behind his head. Their horses are soextremely docile, that you may manage them exactly as you pleasethey are not natives of Tibet, but are brought from Eastern Tartaiy,and the borders of Toorkistan, as merchandise ; before they are permittedto be transported, care is taken to deprive them of the powerof increasing their species : mares are never met with ; they are quiet,sure-footed creatures, but slow, and ugly ;they have large heads, andthe tallest of them are not above fourteen hands high. What adds