The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-12

they left us we felt quite melancholy.
At last on August 90 we reached our
main camp thankful that we were still
safe and whole in life and limb. For
although We had not had the good for
tune to reach the Holy City" we COM
forted ourselves with the thought that
we had done our utmost to get there,
even to the extent of risking our lives
for that object. With the full strength
of my caravan once more behind me I
proceeded soutlwards by a different
route, being firmly resolved not to turn
to the west until I should be compelled
to do so by absolutely insurmountable
obstacles. But we did not get very far
before we once more had the Tibetans
upon us. They sprang up on every
side, their numbers increased, and they
rode in close ordered troops on both
tanks Of our caravan; then they disap-
peared, and anon reappeared, racing
past US at full gallop. With these
bands we lived upon a sort Of war foot
ing, and every night posted strong
guards or outposts round our camp
We were but scantily supplied with
ammunition, but luckily shots were not
exchanged. When we showed signs of
continuing our journey the Tibetans
sent a deputatiOn to me, begging me in
touching terms not to proceed further
When they found their request was IN
needed they hurriedly dispatched cour-
iers to Lassa. Meanwhile we proceeded
on our way. Later on that same day
there was another rift in the lutte.
Hadyeh Tsering and Yunduk Tsering,
two of the Dalai Lama's ministers or
members of his "devashung" (Or coun-
ciD in Lassa, came direct from the
Holy City. bringing with them five
hundred mounted men, and against
such a force | had no inclination to de-
clare war.
These officials read to me proclama-
ton from the Dalai Lama, which.
among other things contained the fol-
lowing passage: let letters be sent
with all speed to Namsu and Naktsane
that no Russian can have permission to
travel on any Of the roads of Naktchu
and inwards rs far as my kingdom ex-
| tends, Let letters be sent to all the
phieftains. Watch the frontiers of
| Naktsang. 1t is absolutely essential to
| try. 1t is entirely unnecessary that
| any European shall enter into the
+ kingdom of the holy books and spy out
the land. In your provinces they have
nthing whatsoever to do If they say
| they have, then know they must not
travel to Lassa. And if they do travel,
| then shall you lose your head. See to
! it that they turn back by the way they
| came" Thus for ten days longer we
! We're honOrcd with the company of our
| Tibetan escort. though we lived on the
! best of terms with its leaders. We Wis
tied one another every day, and they
! arranged a ''jikitoyka' in my honor.
! gave me horses and sheep, and
| throughout treated me with the utmost
| politeness. Our united camps present
| ed an imposing spectacle, With their
! sheets Of tents, their innumerable fires;
| their troops of horses and horsemen,
While my caravan, escorted by the I'll
betans, marched from the eastern
! shore of the lake of Chargut-tso. round
by the northern shore, I and I<utchuk
the boatman crossed it by boat to take
sOundings the arrangemCnt being that
: the caravan was to look out for us at
the western extremity Of the lake. But
! more disagreeable voyage it has new
i er been my lot to participate in. When
the caravan had disappeared behind
: the mountains which shut in the lake
on the north, and we were far out on
! the water, we were overtaken by a viO
lent westerly storm, and it was only by
/ dint of the very greatest eXertion that
We managed to reach a tiny rocky is
let; and there we were kept prisoners
for forty-eight hours. At last the tenn
| pest subsidized, and We continued our
| voyage by night, l making my sound
ings by moonlight, with the aid of a
lantern. Next morning the storm
broke out afresh, and We again took
refuge on similar rocky iset. In the
afternoon OF the same day We once
more started, but only just managed to
reach the western shore, through hav-
ing to battle for our very lives with a
third tempest. We only just escaped
being wrecked; and, utterly exhaust ed
by our exertiOns, we slept that night on
the desoate lakeside and, after going
for one day more, We're seen by the emn
whom the leaders of my own caravan
sent out in search OF us.