The morning call., 1893-08-13
A REMARKABLE JOURNEY.
The Adventures of Young Woman
in Ihibet.


The sensation in geographical eXplora-
ton this year TO recount among the
scientists is the journey of a young English
woman, Miss Annie r. Taylor. over
large area of Thbet proper untrodden by
any foreigner and very imperfectly
known. Thibet is more terra incognita
than any other land. The subsection 10
China is upheld by payments in tea and
silver from Picking, and the Thibetans
themselves. ike most isolated communities.
are intensely jealous of intrusion.
But for such curiosity as impels the ex-
plorer to journey toward the north pole.
few would venture into such bleak and
inhospltable region. Its lowest valley, as
aScNrtalned by Miss Taylor, is IL 600 Ieet
above sea level. Mountains and dreary
plateaux alternate In fOrDiddDg m0notony.
and it may almost be said that winter IS
eternal. Save in the mysterious capital.
Lhassa, where there must be some settled
government under the legion Of lamas,
the sparse population is nomadic and yery
predatory. Food is very scarce, and must
be badly cooked in region where water
bOilS at a very low temperature. Forage
there is little or none. and the horses
are actually glad to eat flesh, so that the
hippo family in this region show re-
markable adaptabiity to hard fate.
to reach Lhassa, but all have failed n this
generation. Indeed few have managed to
travel much III any part of Thibet. Mr.
Rockhill Of the United States legation at
Peking learned the Thibetsn tongue and
PSsayed the feat of reaching the capital,
but was turned back. Wilson saw little
Of the country on the Himalayan side, but
only the fringe. A brother of Sir Robert
Hart. the English official in the service of
China, tried and failed from the Burmese
border Prime Henry Of Orleans brought
back Scant information. The A bbe Hue did
reach Lhassa, after most interesting
journey across the table land, but was
woman should have been within a few
hours march of the gates is a triumph.
She has seen more of Thibet than any
living European.
Wheu young girl Miss Taylor was
seized with desire TO become mission
airy in Thibet She went TO China and
learned the Chinese tongue. Then she
lived on the 1hibet frontier at Tan Chan
and studied Thipetan, which is pecu-
liarly difficult tongue. To improve her
self in Thibetan she went to Darjieilng,
on the Indian frontier, where she made
acquaintance with the dialect there
s oxen. She returne to China and took
town among Thibetan villages.
Here the opportunity came TO enter the
country. A Chinese Mohammedan called
Mega had wife who came from LhaSSa,
and she was anxious to visit her native
CITY. A bargain was struck by which
they took Miss Taylor along with them
on condition OF paying expenses. The
partnership was unfortunate. Mega
turned out scouDdrel who plotted both
robbery and murder, put Miss Taylor es-
capped personal harm. and when her prop
erty was gone she bore up against terrl-
bic privations with rare fortiludp. She
got rid of Noga, but the villain was first
at the capital and gave the alarm about
the approach OF foreigner. This was
sufficient for the authorities. She was
arrested in the nelghborhood of Lhassa,
and put on bold and determined atti-
tude, vowing that England would exact
reparation if injury were done to her. She
was permitted to leave, and was supplied
with provisions and other Decessaries.
The hardships were such as might be
expected in the Arctic. There was such
intense cold that the party dared not stop
for several days and nights. but journeyed
on. During twenty nights passed in the
open snow was falling all the time. The
horses were almost starved. They ate
wooden materials, cheese butter and tea,
aud even goats flesh. A Tnbetan charger
is grateful for anything that will fill the
stomach. Rivers had to be forded on
horseback.
AmOuR tu6 IOUDcI uUluoS MlSS IdylUE
fell among was a strange one called the
Golocks, with a woman chief, who took a
fancy to her and gave an escort. These
GoIocks are so powerful that when they
rob carriers the authorities do not require
the despoiled to make compensation for
that which they have lost. In the case Of
other robbers the victims are understood
by law TO make resistance. 1t appears TO
be point of honor among robbers to tell
the truth about their forays and looting,
but in ordinary business the Thibetan is a
matchless liar. Thbet is badly mapped.
There will be many corrections to make
W hen Miss Taylor describes under Pho
neering in Thibe" her journey of seven
months and ten days.