Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-22
N A FORBIDDEN land.
Intrepid Russian Traveller Elk,
plores Thibet In Guise OF
a Lama
WILL BE MYSTERY NO LONGER
It is Learned that G. z. Zoubikov Re-
Gently Resided at Lhassa; Has VS.
tied Sacred Monasteries and Other
Places Before Barred to Outside
WorId-WiII Publish Book.


rrosno,so,oo 90 NEGOTIATED Prasso
~ petersburg MohG3s. June ~
view of the recent unsuccessful attempt
Of sven Hedin and Ccicnel kozioff to
nena+rata .n,o the soar, If rnibet in
70 - '',, 80
'e'est IN Nhich mas peeh auoeu " ~
the recent departure from New YORK
of oscar L. Crosby, an American, on
tho game n,issi,n 4, bas inc, becorna
-
We .
ZoubikoV, was recently residing quiet
" at Lhassa or visiting the sacred
n,onastnrias of ,bot ,,..s.a,io,,s co,,n.
\, 1.,,
''o' . . ''o'i''' 90" :
graduate OIL TIE oriental faculty OF lhe
University of ST. Petersburg. As a
horn Rud6his, and famine, from child
49,, ,.,.,, ,r.;,
W "'s
VI ms people, ne ioui!d no uiiilcultS IN
passing for a lama. He brought back
an immense number of photogra phs
and other illustrations of the life of the
country, and when his book is pub
lshed, as it will be, The mystery OF
Thibet will be a thing Of the past.
NJ. Zoubkov made an extended report
on his journey at meeting of the Geo
graphical Society few DAYS ago. He
vas Immediately awarded the Prz,e-
valsky prize, which IS conferred in
honor of the first Russian Thibet ex
,>lo
The frontiers of Thihe:. which were
closed to European ira, ,lers after the
French explorers Hue and Gabet were
expelled from Lhassa in 1876, have NOT
been hermetically sealed against a Ger
tain portion of Russian subjects. narne-
| ythe Buddhistic Bouriats of the Eai
kal region. The Bouriats are n talented
people and the same va;,e attaches RI
NJ. Zoubikov's observations as would he
the case We're he a Euronean. His sIav
lasted over a wear.
Entered Thibet in Summer of 1900.
In the summer of 1900 NJ Zouhiaov
entered Thibet from tho north nd a
member of a caravan Of seventy nil
erims, including many I,nnaa He an
central Thibet M tho so,,nzo
where przhevaIsly y.,s
turned back in 1879. The road led thru
a treeless alpen landscape with snow
topped mountainss extending east to
west in parallel chains. and a thin
population. An Agricultural
was found only WITHIN xix
ty or seventy miles of Lhassa.
The climate was found 10 he harsh
and dry. Snow falls occasionally from
December to March: rain from MAY 10
August; April, September. October and
are dry. The medium an
nual temperature was folnd to be ~
ca and 80 degrees Fahranheit for ,nor,-
ing. noon and night respectivelv The
data for December is II. IA and o. de-
srees. and for July 60 ~ and Ga do
srees. The population, which has at
times been estimated nj "a OOO OOn is
probably about one tenth of this num-
Der. Ii is decreasing thru disease mar
ticularly smallpox, and on account of
the large number of ceIIbate priests.
The sons of Chimes. soldiers and
temporariIv resident In
'rhibet are counted Chinese tha danph-
ters Thibetans. Other foreign residents
are Indians from Cashmere uoneo,i,ns
md Thibetans from Nepal. the latter
being skilled artisans architects scuIn-
.ors and jewelers.. The Cashmere MO-
are traders. They usuallv
their Thibetan wives
Land ReIonns ~ Tho ,,
Almost all the land in central Thibet
belongs to the Dalai lama. only high
officials in Thassa have hereditary
homes. The Thibetan houses are Of
PRICK and stone. but have chimnevs on
y in the kitchen. The other rooms
nave holes 10 let the smoke escape and
ire cheerlesslv cold. Dried dung il The
principal fuel.
The common run of folks wear white !
he wealthy red, Officials yellow ana
soldiers blue clothing of homesp,,n.
Jewels are worn in great abundance by
he women. Barley meal. SOM. the raw /
iesh of the yak and of sheen. butter !
our milk and vegetables are main
tens of the diet. Wheat snirits sell .
or a cent a bottle. Men smoke tobacco /
ma the priests take snuff.
The people of Central Thibet are mas
attached to their religious OBJ
ervances, which are purely formal.
Prayers are regarded as of magic no.
ency and figure in all ordinary and ex-
affairs of life. Medicine is
II small popular favor. Morals arr. !
primitive and marriage ties are loose
Soth polygamy and poIvandry are com
non.
Agriculture and cattle r.iciro ,ro Tho
principal employments Wheat harley
,eas and beans CATTLE sheen yaks
orses asses and mules arc tho main
roducts. Yaks and asses are used as
ack animals. Labor is chean men he