The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19

ing found that, despite Marco Polo, and
later and no less mendacious travellers
Thibet was not really land of ogres and
magicians, he fitted out larger company
ana spent three years in a tour from Pc
kin on the north through the very heart
OF IhlDet and out again at the south in
the neighborhood of Shanghai. This time
he had quite as much of adventure as be-
lore. When little more than half way
through his journey the native authorities
stopped part of his men who had been
LETT behind, threw them into prison and
sent out orders to capture Mr. RockhiI
dead or alive. They did not get him either
way, however, and he finished his tourney
safely, but as expeditiously as possible
his tour was In the shape of a great loop
passing through the heart of the country
and covering in all 5000 miles.
he found Thibet to be not unlike the re-
malnder OF China in many respects. much
OF 1t high and barren desert and drought
In the lower valleys, that is, those only
few thousand feet above the sea level he
round fertile country magnificent noun
tam scenery, good roads, many tea houses
ana luscious fruits apricots, peaches and
the like. Over the mountain torrents no
found suspension bridges. mere threads Of
rope swinging over tremendous canons
ana IN the secluded monasteries he talked
with the priests and lamas and reached
the stories of occultism and the like woven
by credulous western world about this
untraVeled country are entertaining moon
shine, and the best of the priestly magic
only second-rate legerdemain.
He traced out hundreds of miles Of q
oranch OF the Great Wall that was pre-
Vlously almost unknown and entirely nm
explored by white men. and he found IN
the Businesses of the mountains clans ~
cave and cliff jewellers not at all unlike
the cave and cliff tribes of our own south
west. In fact, many OF the Thibetan
towns bore decided resemblance 10 The
Pueblo Indian houses of Arizona and New
Mexico and the matin and vesper services
OF song ana incense floating up from their
terraced roofs to the chill cloudiess sxv NJ
the mountain wonderland recalled strong
ly the ceremonials of the brown-slinned
Pueblos under the burning sky of our
great southwestern desert
The folk lore and traditions of th,s rovs-
terious region, together with the mass NJ
material that Mr.. Rockhin accumulated
from the manuscripts and other sources OF
Information open to him in China, would
pc an entertaining volume IN Themselves
There were Kingdoms Of women 10 the
south, where the women ruled and legis-
lated; holding men but in light esteem
and leaving 10 them the congeniaI occu,
pations of lighting and blowing the fields.
there was city where the weather could
be controlled by opening and shutting the
city gates; and there were valleys accord
ing to native tradltion) inhabited by giants
and osres. where the Monkey King az
the behest Of Buddha, sat on a rock and
thought out the schemes OF creation I'm the
midst OF temptations from a well-dis-
gu'sea sorceress that would have made
81. Anthony quit his Job and resign.
1t may be that in the secluslon Of Ath-
ems. where he Is not continually bothered
with reporters. Mr.. Rockhin may weave
some Of these facts and actions into other
volumes. lie has not said so directly. but
u he does they VIII find many interested
readers among the multitude Of friends he
service.