Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-24

permission % travel on any of the
reads of Naktchu and inwards as far
as my Kingdom extends. Let letters
be sent to all the chieftains. Watch
the frontiers of Naktsang. 1t is abso-
lutely essential to guard strictly every
part of the country. IL is entirely I'M
necessary that any European shall en-
ter into the kingdom of the holy books
and spy out the land. In your prov
inces they have nothing whatsoever to
do. If they say they have, then know
they must not travel toward Isassa.
And If they do travel, then shall you
lose your head. See to it that they
turn back By the way they came"
Once he turned his back on Lassa
DR.. Hedin and his Tibetan escort We're
on the best of terms. and they exerted
themselves to add to his comfort. nor
would they accept pay for the large
quantities Of provisions and the ami
mails which they gave him.
Character of the Country.
The region generally included in the
AdkAd NdthNU IAUCL 10 vast
roughly estimated at about one-fifth
the size of the United States, embraced
by the Himalaya, Kuen-lun and Allyn
tagh ranges of mountains. near the
center of the great continent of Asia.
This plateau has a mean elevation of
$4,000 to 1900 feet above sea level
Although the latitude of the most pop
'ulous part of the land is about the
same as Florida, the climate Is almost
Arctic in rigor owing to the great alti-
'tude.
Very little verdure and only few
of the most hardy cereals can grow.
and these in the deeper valleys of
southern Tibet Hundreds of lakes,
many of them of great extent dot the
landscape, which has never been fully
surveyed. The greater part of north
'ern Tibet has no vegetation, the
soil of the plains and valleys resem-
bling mud caEed into solidity by the
cold. AS if the mountain ranges, the
most lofty ia the world. did not offer
sufficient barrier, the northern ami
western frontiers can be approached
only across the Tarim and Cob ties-
erts. Recent explorations OF the
mountain ranges that wall the coun,
try reveal the existence of hundreds
of peaks with estimated attitudes oil
more than 10000 feet, while the
passes are exceedingly difficult at al
seasons. owing to the intense cold
and snow. In this region originate
nearly all the great rivers of eastern
and southern Asia, including the Vel
| low, Yangtse, Brahmaputra, Indus and
Sutlej, which are fed by the perpetua
SHOWS.
City of White Sepulchre.
Although the sacred city is white
and brilliant from distance, it il
filthy within-truly white sepulchre
/ The houses are built of mud ant
yak's droppings and then whitewash
ed without. Bands of yellow and red
the two sacred colors. are painted
around the doors and windows. TIL,
rooms have an open sllylight to carr,
off the pungent smoke of the faeI
+ which is also the product of the yak
1 Some houses are built entirely of tn,
horns Of yaks and sheep The horn
of the yak being smooth and white
and those of the sheep rough ant
black, they make a very curious com
bination when Enthusiastically arranged
/ These houses are not whitewashed
At the corners and over the windows
the horns project, thus providing the
most curious architectural ornamental
ton | have even seen. The yak is 9
sort of bull, the national animal OF
Tibet.
The greatest building in Lassa is