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10 death by the cohort behind him. while tbr.
riding iurtouHly, with his arms extended bacI.
hand aud knuckles. so much SO that the Lomo L,,o
was. exposed In places, and. as the horaemnn NJ,
Ge eer e'Ss Sns tGSfEsS fESr 5 6s ' Encc wsS eSsv s
brought the latter into forcibc contact viii
the spikes in the, IN, crnppeT and ,M9lnnded Jim
yak hnir. but II eventually gave way and Is
shock qnhorsed the soldier; The incident mo-.
About sunset the party arrived at a place
qn the sS ore o. 10Y dmdor 3 TRs Rss
torn out OF his SADDLE BY two or three m.a
his captors refused the % request m doI1 ana. rIdrv dH
thrustinR him forward. said that, as he was
about 70 be beheaded IL was needless lie was
PobS E2ere oS Srfs e whS
a.loR otwood IN the shape OF aprism. Upon he
stand He was held there by several persons
while others pulled his legs as widely apart az
By cords y yak hS Hs So Sh EfTS 1
nuffjhe cords. that they cut into the, flesh in
three plNGeS sSg SoS WSs@ of tbs Topnds being
il as. hard rs he he hair Of his head. pulling
EEngs6RNHs mr. snco hair hnpBensS5 Ppf S1yh ne
about % the The middle % Of March iss from London,
the Tibetans formed AZ in front Shi9b iboIp rest OF
and had handed to him a bar OF iron wiR arose
been made red hot In n brazier the end gfA bad
Cords. He stFode % up to Sir. Landor. E urged Mce
bytheLamas,an and said jeeringly that as the Eng.
tsG hs eSnnty his
about an inch and half from the ira traveliefss We sPs
tense was the heat that IL seemed az II tho
eyes were desiccated and tho nose scorched
doris nose, He was forced to- shut his eyes in
stinctively; The, Pombo seems TO have kept
tes s. bar or S PsSq S Se secns SSSe e H. the
placed, 4 against. Mr. Gandors forehead. fRslS.
severe Shock. though bSthine WoPse. Pss'inRR Rava
Ing handed back the discharged weapon. the
came at Mr. Landor, Swinging it from % side e'io 10
side, all the time foaming from his mouth.
tea The Pomo then oGSn @ooSsa S a:
man who meanwhile had been. holding Mr.
EaadSE by hs hair e his head e bend tho
his neck with the sharp blade OF his sword, as
~ to measure the distance for clean. efYectiSs
blow at the EnsiishnSn with ali II his 1Efi5 @iEht
The sword came disagreeably close to the neck.
did not inch, and his cool ndiferestp IL rs pddr: ar.
much M that he seemed reluctant 70 continue his
Hons. T6ereupon the Pom6o Vent wen ff11oufdl through
Victims time me tn The S6Rst 6sde Sas pssssd S fse se
near that the Englishman felt that the blow
neck. This performance terminated the sword
exercise, much to the disgust Of the Lamas,
nightfall the soldiers Increased the tortures n;
their prisoner by straining the manacled arms
Of the latter upward as high as they could be
forced and then secured them to an upright
pole at the back, This caused very severe pain.
straining the spine in an excruciating way. Mr..
united. he found that he had lost the
use OF them. Some two or three hours
elapsed before the blood circulated in his
right foot. and his left foot remained as II
bowl Of some boiling LIQUID, which he was in.
formed was tea. was presented to Mr. Landor
70 drink. His suspicious having been aroused,
then pushed II away. Nevertheless. after short
time, he felt sharp pains in his stomach. which
conclude that the drink had been poisoned.
Eventually Mr.; Landor and his two attendants
were conveyed back to the borders OF Tibet
whence. In their ragged and exhausted condi-
tion. they made the best Of their way to India.