The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-30
4 WoMAN,s JoURxKT IN TIBET
she Pe-etr~tea Further INTO thc Mysterious
Country Than Ever white Man DID.

4 WoMAN;S JoURNKT IN zIBEE
| she Peretrst-6 Further into thc Mysterious
Country Than Ever white Man DID.
FNon ne Snr FSaref,oo chroafe'e.
Brief reports have been received recently
| Of the experience OF young English woman.
a missionary. In tho wilds OF inhos pitable
Tibet Now there is at hand story OF her
adventures from the North China Daily Ne,os.
On May 8 Miss Annie Taylor the explorer.
passed through ChunkonR on her way home
having completed q year Of wandering.
Miss Taylor is o medium sized woman OF
Saxon build. with brilliant brown eyes the
complexion OF q traveller. and the air OF one
who has suffered much. Her bearing, her
bright eyes and animated expression show
her to be a woman Of resource and imagina-
ton, and In seeing her lively manner. notwith-
standing her present weak state OF health. one
begins to understand the influence she was
able to exercise over the savage peoples
among whom she has been travelling alone
with her life in her hand. She is full OF en-
thusiasm for the civilization and conversion
OF the Tibetans. which she hopes to commune
cate to tho people Of England. and this We
have no doubt. she will fully succeed in doing.
Miss Taylor is the daughter Of o gentleman OF
means engaged In business In London.
+ Her trip rivals in adventure while in diff
Cuitleb ONeTCOIn6 ~ eNColS tne bIuNeio VI oNoh
Capt Bower and Mr.. Rockhill. With the help
OF one Christian Tibetan whom she took with
her from DarjeelnR. she penetrated to within
three days OF Lhassa. and returned alive to
tell the tale. But for the treachery OF Mo
GsnesH o S e That you'd
Sm tbs fh first .Ss II 1857 to s sP Nss
Nc. sFaG5s hsa
was often very hungry, Then she got foyer
and had no appetite. But after quinine her
SfRss sla ~
tempts were made TO poison her. and for ten
TRen fhe dee o n to om China
1 very uoi nss sHns e., out but
Lhassa. Before crossing the frontier. about
eased ri chnaman 0 whoSe S fibosan name was
Mega. She had two tents. four servants. and
Noea- One Of her first serious adven;
saFi SrSnss S S,s Wits eskSa BE- Goats s9G
eight wounded. and i've out Of, her horses
Lama called out to the robbers They are
women All T. 50 she was not pursued
dreadful thing to strike woman. so that all
women 60 about unarmsd. although every man
fbean THp forsddsn to s
whether he flea g. s. sheers. or mans rs v,uo
laid upon them and drawn by horses: These
rats were Hwash all the time and the water
By robbers. Their chieitain Is a woman. and
no orItes are taken The GoIoks relate how low
sssf ns% gSS s5ns sst ssnS
none, Though twelve Of Thorn selves were
kSd h9 box Wsnfas thai Gpe
an othSr that they did not take it but their be-.
With re e 0 !Hss 'es
lous tales about her.
On NAY s s sHasa S t. sy her
should not be int interiered with. It was here.
and Of last tried 70 draw, his sword. It was the
Chinese servant, and. saying there was no
chief there able to protect her. sent her on
Miss Taylor's hardships would require vol
ume for adequate description For three days |
thst hnd no tent That and
shs2 b "a sS "a ho snd the 5Hd
Of Christmas Day. During all this part Of tho |
journey her sufferings from the rarity OF the |
air were very great: palpitations. RnspinRs. |
and inability to digest their barley food Noga
spread q report that Miss Taylor was travelling
with n bolt OF gold and jewels around her
waist She had to travel BY night. finding the
only too thankful to find refuge in cave with I
barely room enough for them to lie down half
warmth.
y On Dec. 81 they crossed the Drlohu into the
Lh9ssa district but had to stop near Nnjuca.
within three days journey of Lhassa. owing
to Mega having gone before. revealing that It
rived, and there was sort OF trial.
In the end Miss Taylor convinced the on
cials Of the truth OF her story. saving the lives
OF her two Tibetan servants. who were ac-
used OF treacherously leading her into Tibet.
The chiefs told her that as far they were
would lose their lives II she did. and they gave
against the Chinese servant, besides supplying
her most pressing necessities. Everywhere
she found the Tibetans express liking for the
English. They had been especially struck by
he fact that the prisoners In the Sikkim war
we're kept alive. we'll fed and actually supplied
With money to go home with.
On the return journey the horses. which in
winter have to be led with goats flesh. tea,
2utter. md cheese. suffered SO from hunger
hat they were always tumbling down, until
Miss Taylor Joined n yak caravan. and 200 yaks
made way ior them through twenty feet OF
now. On Jan. % Miss Taylor left the Lhassa
district OF Tibet. and on April II she reached
hardly credible woman should have sur