460 Sufferings in Tabet and


]t was the beginning of the season of Capricorn, and the commence-
ment of winter-time. [Couplet]. . . The cold was so intense that
were I to describe it, I should be accused of word-painting. Out
of those fifty men, more than forty had either hands or feet, or
nose or ears, taken off by the cold [frost-bitten]. Sustaining such
fatigues and sufferings as these, at the end of twenty-five days we
reached Máryul. 'l'he Chw) of Máryul, named Táshikun and Lata
Jughdán, who have been mentioned in a few places already,
hastened out to wait upon us. Since we had [on a former occasion |
treated them with violence, both plundering and killing [their
people] I was inwardly in great fear of them. But contrary to
my apprehensions, they showed their willingness to assist us in
every way, and even proffered excuses, saying:  '*For four
hundred years, from father to son, we have been the subjects and
you the king; we the slave, you the master; if in the days of
your glory and greatress we were alarmed and trangressed, we
met with our due retribution at your hands. At that time the
Chi of 'T1bet submitted to and obeyed you, solely from fear. But
now we offer our services, out of attachment to you, and imn all
sincerity." [Verses.]

They gave us the castle of Shaya, which is the capital of
Máryul' In Shaya we took the opportunity to recover [from our
fatigues |, and here, some of the army who had stayed behind, now
rejoined us. Among them was Maulána Darvish Muhammad Kará
Tágh, one of the attendants of Khwája Muhammad Yusuf, who has
been mentioned above. "This Mauláná Darvish Muhammad was
a plous and devoted Musulmán. He knew the Tibetan language
remarkably well, and enjoyed the entire confidence of all the Chui
of Tibet. He was thus able to settle all our affairs with them in
à satisfactory way.
