25: Down in the valley we passed through the village of Yatung much to the delight of the children, and then had to stop at the magistrate’s office to show our permits. This magistrate was also responsible for transport. Most of our animals were pretty exhausted by doing double stages and uphill all the way. Replacing them took some doing and necessitated a good deal of delay mostly because of the luggage problem. We had arranged to have our interpreter meet us in Yatung which was his home and fortunately he turned up in the nick of time. This made smooth the lack of communication and soon after we were off again.