ABSTRACT
In the afternoon our road lay, for the most part, right along the river. The range of mountains which had run parallel to the Brahmaputra about four miles from the river-bed, having a broad plain in between, now began to close down on either side ; on several occasions we could look straight down into the clear depths of the principal stream, where could be seen an incredible number of fish, some of them of gigantic size, while on its banks were countless ducks and cranes. Their number is due to the Tibetan scruple against fishing and shooting. This scruple is based on religious dislike of destroying life. Inconsistently, there is no prohibition of the killing of domestic animals, and the Tibetans are probably the greatest meat-eaters in the world.
