Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
HENRY LANDOR IN TIBET
Graphic Account of That Intrepid Explorers
Dangerous Journey.
Some of the Dreadful fortunes and
PrI,ations which He and His
Party Underwent.


to say. y little gold has been discovered
there. it has an abundance of borax' and
II exports yak wool.
My purpose in going to the country was
scientific exploration; geographical. ethno-
graphical and anthropological research oc-
cupying much of my time l wanted to see
and study the land and the people and to
settle certain questions that were of great
interest to science. The Royal Geographic
cal Society of London aided me to the ex-
tent OF a second set of surveying instru-
ments. otherwise the expedition which l
led from India in March, 1897. was my own
in its entirety.
| could get no native guides was
forced to be the actual leader. Pursuit by
Tibetan soldiers began almost Immediately
after crossed the frontier. but We aimed
for Lassa and actually got hfty-six
marches into the interior Of that forbidden
country before We were captured.
The difficulties encountered were we'll
western Tibet. where | was travelling. was
15,ihr feet above the level of the sea, and
one may obtain some conception of that
altitude by considering that that is about
Is" feet higher than Mount Blanc-the
loftiest mountain in Europe. Several times
reached 2OpN and even 1900 feet above
thu sea, and the labor of merely brea thing
at that height is excessive. Then the aC-
tiun of ice has rutted the rocks. and a man
travelling along a mountain slope is liable
To step upon rocks that break and carry
rba ice corStitntaI arotbsr 1anaar ~
peCiaiiy IN our night marches. There are
paths. except in the valleys or on the
ono If The very ro,igbesf in oil he u,ny1 -
the cola 1,,as sa,..r. ,- - ~
travel at night in order to avoid being
a5diiion 70 an M t1 pr Ss =, anu f III
rn,1tinI- ,,bicb oIli "a 10, tir' ~ - L. 49, d
tiraiIl! 49, - ~ ing aIoiiS IoI uay :,
nv, .str,, T nv. ~ -, -, -, oi1 NY me
The Exploring Party.
Nv party consisted of Shokas Nena1esa
po,,,t,os 1I,r,,Iis, II. 49,, -,
80 t1'IpN'S'
VrIS the RaJputs proved faithful There
were two Of them, and they said l had
been Il father to them and that they We're
nv children and wherever went tba,,
,,t4 - - 4s my
So on" II "ieu 'iieS "ouIu ule-
Ana they meant what they said and stuck
T. ii. Their names were Chanden Sing and
Man Sing ono of In, s;bokas WITH d, h,,r
80. - ~ " "ee
~ ,iit'.t 81 ~ up l" 'hurueT me whlIe he
-, az, ~ 49, aSltep. out was ready Tor
Inn ''i4u' liSiilS' D'dt the rascal with the
- -, ! ~ Win III" assistance OF the
~ IN my PROMISED compete sub
tt, huL IneH an ran away at the
li'i '[ ~. anu t"oh our supplies
WIN liivtn IheE got safely back to India.
.tt'' ths t'dJputS went on aiming for
i t-aSSa, IN capital ana as the pursuers
80 Increasing IN NUMBERS IL became more
they caught us, and Thai ended my ~
and researches for the time being
III SlHie 81 an dlfhcnitles and dangers, l
or r,m!5trraLa1 v a.. ma nj la" designed
h;luStfy.. ,xprrimenrs cnncernine me af
fects Of raretied air on heart, lungs and
Drain mapped all southeastern Tibet. dis
N''N'i''4 'l4H SphltNS VI IEt branm1putra
th. greatest in Asia and all" sattIai Is Is
th.. negative the rnooted Question wbetba,
OF n" There are in the interior Of the for
oL,,,'gn ianI ,, mountain peaks higher than
W w., - - ,1i, ~
erir. - ~ a ff7c,'itt t 80 81 mutt, III
b.rt.r ON tbe Tnarcb ~, u.s. , w were
,rb,a -rf1,..ar, ,-ar -, ,,,,,t, -. -
H., ca,,ot Ill, - , - 'iosiiiS mat
in III. IA a1J rnarnbi, go - ms iiliItn
nil. a. r[ioL+ o., - II VI e".iiJS
ey-ad.. tbf snIjiers We 49,, IN till'IS
ing bags and our only shelter te,,+ ,,,i,tp1
b,,t four r,,,,I,5s w 49, T.; -, - ~
M. ouar ,ir ana tre,t-,Ii 81 - In III
hard T., catch thoI,qb re snI,iar. ,ii
aIurayS r,irL, nm orr trsiI j., 81 ,oi
ard f,Ird,, ne an A. W. IN IiiDi iliiIs
rIrusd al Iast ir US Nv ascbar,.e W
had been vfrbout anvtbi3e 70 co. g., We
dc al 49, - sa;r.;s 80. "a NJ t'liee
tt,-s Tor food and noT,i.s 70 csr,. W. w
r,.o1,Ia ,,ratentled 10 he friepdf,. b,,+ ,bjt
or forty of them bounced upon me ,rbiia T
WINS St11rino dovp tn IonL, ~ a -
logs Others seized my Sgrrants
ter a s+rupeIa w.. u,era hound ''' anu III
iihetans Are towards.
Tn. most astonishing thing about the
TiL.ians * rbair co,,..,r4i,a ,-b .
y, :, 'S "ie
'li-''liai'9' hhe inc h'r'htrh thlheSe, with
hlSh cheek bones and Slanting eyes; and
their courage is of the same order as that
If n. IN h. E,ira,,-. ,r ,,,,,. ~, cut, VI,
~, -, my
ms i'''u' We 81 witch they are strong,
htrdY ana temperate and bear pain with
st"iciSm. l will have to leave to some one
more deeply versed in DsvcholoeicaI nbe-
,,,,,.7e,,., rba,, ,,,.sa1f A =, a. 80, =
'A so 'i'"A' iAiS selA- IS (" Tue Iact am
cIhP'-tent 20 speak Ihey are the most
S"SuIH anu amusing CoWardS ever saw.
! 'tuShi photo OF =" frightened out of
JnrE WIS by u rattan shaken at them
Fite LiuhIreu We're AFRAID 10 attack myself
anu inc haJputS' though We We're much
weakened bN starvation; and 1t was only
"h"h my stopping gave them an oppor-
tuiHiy 81 Sprlnging upon my back that they
mustered courage enough for the assault
Even then they Were in such a terrible
state Of funk that thirty or forty of them
cnuld not prevent my rising several times.
It was On this cowardice | had been cal
CulatlnS. hoping by its means to ''bluff''
my way through them into their capital
As they credited me with supernatural