The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-06
EXPLORER
Of TH|BET
Henry S. Landor
in Honolulu
| Yesterday.
Has Lately Been Through
Empire of Persian
Shah.
Met Brisands There But Hired
Them to Protect Him
From Others.

One of the most interesting passen-
gers on the steamer Siberia yesterday.
enroute to the Coast, was Henry Saw
age Landor, the man whose Unsuitable
thirst for adventure and fondness for
rounding-up the people of the dark cor
ners of the world, led him to make the
awful journey to Lhassa, the capital of
Thibet, six years ago and undergo ter
rib1e tortures at the hands of people
who are not yet aware of the fact that
there is money to be made in permit
ting tourists to search out the people
and other curiosities of their country.
The story of Landor's adventures in
the Thibetan country is too well known
to need repetition but he also has some
he made through the realms of the
Shah of Persia. This latter venture
was not as dangerous as the Thibetan
one and Mr. Lander was permitted to
find out a great deal concerning the
interesting Persian empire and this lat
ter he has recently placed in book
form.
While in Persia, Lander had a big
party travelling about in unheard of
hamlets in the mountains and met
with some interesting experiences in
this way. At one time on the noun
tains the party met the local brigands
who attempted to rob them. Landor
tells of the meeting of tourist and rob-
Der in mountain roadway as follows:
Before the brigands had time to put
up their rifles, they found themselves
covered by my revolver and requested
to drop their weapons or l would shoot
them. They hastily complied with my
request, and instead Of ransacking my
baggage, as they had evidently design
ed to do, had to confine themselves to
polite remarks.
You are very late on the road,
sahib?" said one brigand, in voice of
assumed kindness and softness.
please put back your revolver. We
will not harm you," said, suavely and
persuasively, another, who displayed a
most gaudy waistcoat, which he evil
IDENTIFY did not want perforated.
My servant was in a great state Of
excitement, and entreated me not to
shoot. Persian robbers" he assured
me, with a logic of his own, do not
kill the master until the servant has
been killed, because it is the servant
who is in charge of the luggage.
III. They would not steal any
thing now, but I must be kind to these
fellows"
AS is usual with persons accustomed
to stalk other persons, 1 did not fail
to notice that, while trying to attract
my attention by conversation, my in
terlocutors were endeavoring to sur
round us. But 1 checked them in this,
and warned them that had met many
brigands before, and was we'll ac-
quainted with their ways. 1 hoped they
would not compel me to shoot, which
would most certainly do if they at
tempted any tricks They we'll under
stood that it was risky to try their
luck, so they changed tactics alto
gether. The conversation that ensued
was amusing.
"Sahib,' shouted a boisterous rob
Der, very gayly attired, and with car
tridges in profusion in his belt there
are lots of brigands near here, and we
want to protect YOU
Yes, I know there are brigands not
far from here" I assented