The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-04

greedy faithess. and suspicious. lie did not
derive a favorable i'm pression in any res pect
~; Then his provisions began to run out. and
RnSs Which hpy lad
shot for the pot Finally they met more nom
I.hasa in the hone Of finding food. though 1t
would not cross the path OF any previous ex-
;. As they moved toward Lhasa they, met a
TN so are s You snh what 40 y9I want here =
going to China and here Is our passport t W. We
do not want to go to Lhasa. and have only come
south to obtain, provisions: Sell us food aud
s sHa s the rSSs % travs cps
but told him that they would BIZ obliged
shsy ia ea ssy
ana ked ITEM IN would se lust az well rs to
rseS Eo%cr % to has tsen days ssne
order to, permit officials to come from Lhasa
and and s. settle tn, Lisputs During the malt he
rates. and the safety Of his party and their
equipment was guaranteed.
the, wandering Tibetan. the party had met
| further west. They made light Of Chinese in
and said the only ruler in Tibet was the cen.
trail Gove1nment OF Lhasa. or. In other words.
Bower says he found it almost i'm possible to
obtain the correct names OF places or lakes 10
Tibet Every native lies on every occasion
the truth. Sometim mes he asked hnli u dozen
men separately the name OF n lake. and re-
Another lnteresting fact he observed was
that all the Titetan axes showed signs OF
n%vnF ss ce9 nfh Larger to avs they Svn
died to about hall their original size. The en-
ire region seems to be undergoing a process
At last the high dignitaries from Lhasa ar
lived. BGwer tod Thorn his party were Eng:
more to tho north. but. running short of bro.
visions. had steered toward the southeast.
the British ana Lhnsa Governments would
secure for him their assistance.
The authorities sternly answered that Tibet
tho only thing they would permit Bower t., o" do
tho fS Tsiar she he Ind that
there was no reason w hs t iSe
two nations shou ID not stick to their own
countries e't The rucky English Captain re.
come The dispute lasted for several days
during which the party WAS very hos pitnIly
It was agreed finally that the party should
fSStrsss tntir steps Tor %'ght marches and that
enH ro%s .1 Were sf Ere, north
f 6arey fwSn nonif. i"rg9 sm9un, 81
900 rupee The business transactions were
finally settled satisfactorily. ana the Lhasn
authorItes and the explorers went on their
IT Then followed e period OF severe suffering
They were marchma at heisht tt Of TG nenrly
10000 feet: there was ronsideru Bile snow on
tho ground md the wind was bitterly cold.
The snow. however. relieved them from
further danger OF II water famine. and though
many OF thor animals died. they succeed
east. Natives now became more numerous as
they aprrrroa,hed EASTERN Tibet. where they
the sea. bower found 1t almost Impossible to
take scientific observations to ascertain HIS
position and altitude as the patiyes obIrnied
lively thicky peoplei region. however. the
natives conceived the idea that the party were
and here Bower was able to take observations
by ayalling himself o. this delusion. Ali his
were thoroughly familiar with the details Of
the Buddhist religion. They were sent on the
While At nsfyas the S boil ' Ms! sr Tans
and r lire was stirred. Under cover OF thess
o,ssryan"ss "we, hma11ip,H,Iated with he aid
lantern. aud thus managed to nix his ReoasaoS
iiral position. while at the same time the pcr.
iEat t pr n opTa %, sahetltyabout him
He says tho buddhist religion as it ia seen
in Tibet has nothing in common with the p prge
morality preached BY Gautnma Budiha, Tia
doctrines OF tho founder Of the Buddhist fnith
are ns led t nHp ,ns nyeIGs Ipstsn
opel into Inc greatest superstition. iittle bet.
ter than ictirism. wv
Final MI; party approached Ia Chen Lu.
near the chinese frontier, where they met
French ntho,lc missionaries. They were
assistance from them on their way by raft
boat, md steamer TO Shanghai. which they
reached on March -. 1872 They had
travelled 5000 miles. and when they returned
70 Calcutta twelve months and ~ half had
elapsed slnee they sat cut IN thsir Journey
Capt. Bower thinks the natives whn told him
chinese Passport WAS OF no value In Tibet
TOLD the rtiu!h 10 saw nowhere. except in
aud the fact that the Tibctaus do not aiowtbe |
Chinese women to come into the country. he |
thihks. shows that tho Chinese claims to the |
supreme sovereignty are very shadowy.