New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-10
irLlNBING TO LHASSA.
oftiest altitude at Which British
Camp Vas EUer Pitched.

es climbed tao .ast flight OF the zaost stupenGczs
- cts upon the planet. and i camping AZ the
- upon she upper landing NJ the TOP C: the
- Enst has already done in the face q fantastic
s.ss is epic OF military mountaineering inter
=. ~ strangest in the history Of transport
- re before Il is a romance exploration Intimately
- WITH reaching move IN what NJ Eipil1g
g. .-a great game" By wild stages from the warm
mains through forest gorges. over passes be
.-a c,45ls ne Tt5etan expedition las ascended 10
90 -. wilderness which lies Ead death st.ll
"a = -,s-. head OF Chunoarii- II las penetrated
VIZ ,--, .aaccessibe land. and IN short time #
&c ., route toward Lhassa itself-the city OF myE
" - ne great religious capitals OF The world
e. :. Know snI Moscow and Jerusalem Mecca is
E, - ranks II disguise. and any oce who applies
E~ -.z- .-rr-ist Office take a ticket for the
-. s-s-e OF Benares bToodinE sboFe the river
e. v.,i Is fa- sweeping height OF LOFTY steps and
G. -s go ,r.,s re plzin-5ve beat OF its death
g ere tha Joyous csmo- q - deFo'ees with IN"
- snoks OF IS funeral py-ss ana rs streaming
- +. many ooIorei pilgrimage These We know
. rrsesa has been ssen 0y ANS -'''-s 1iop4'
x---a-Iv = IS ms tmu1eca,s oD'S 'o' Oo1'4e
rsns v1sughusDand and he a''o-4'-e ls7'oh . io
= ,s- caritsl bur a nearer place u rock piles mon
~ - 80 INV .5wered cssties-Gyangtse. But the
,.,o, sense y picturesque VIII % oSAp
,7,r-es z the famous traveller nc 1 So
-,-rsrt Ia this business should S11os0 al -s
80 = has settled affairs with ne Grand Land himself
Os' - pon. II me Re- PaiRos nat tops long
- .-i7iss OF moaastc walls ten sheer stories nigh
rr- oyinton II the mean Tine A-S lo' 'oeo any ace
u the realE N'1ie4--A S'''+0~'V "a A'+s
60. e.s # Is worth our while turning aside for
So. -, .vsBts in ne Far East 10 soc what has hap
- among he Himalayas. and why
p o4o-vs-orv Hi Dsr5seliag. you already
-5es nat you upon ne conAres OF TIE H4-1-'s'
- -,.,ls grove OF barl5o0 wRncs. Ike nothing 50
W. .,,--, u esnias rode. fG:;ers a. lis gag
- --,.tis messages The w1d UpoH the slope Lies
-, Rysahis: temYls s.ssa.iHs White and WITH rude
s,os n Ia bazaa- the -tretan women win gT'in1y
-. features ard allets 4 .u"Etose and coral look
- :, .,,rc,sug 3 s,r5rg minded influence over a.,
- =, yusbsaas Down The sef7eatine cart road thai
- away toward ne plains tAis pedestrian "ho comes
s,.- s,-,g Is uaastakahlv one u the CRAM Lama
- F7is Locks oily and unEeIllpt escape from a cap
=. ...r.stn and st-agg-e round Wild ani smoky
.s,gro. There grim s7-t u Eahe!Hisian gooe
,-. sb7ut IT. and big fellow as Ae Is ne LOOKS larger
- - N. rourninols purple garments winch Aaas G2cho
= a., .-,usv fold upon fold. lie has star IN one hand
- ..-, little prayer wheel with the ether Ii1etans
= s.s- ,.-v AL ana puroIish sort u red - the;r
60 e7Is- vey 81 the BsE1 has - iaToTite tint
end great manufacturer a. Ca1Tore ;11 ne present
-e- how he had crested demand ar once by hitting
,,- Al o-r7ge aye @. saa1e which appealed 70
,fs.o-@sa feeling Eut -AEt Is another story The
Tybetans buying rec cot turn iHelT TAI men u
Euaas.1g acc0un Merchants are supposed 70 sell oy
init o: length from The elbow 10 ne Ups OF tle
angs-s-f-1ra euy5odv's elbow 10 aHybcdy ange- tips
when tire seller sitting among his baies sees It2eian
seven coming n, escorted % - u
s ed s1r trouble elbows apt 10 re usea t5r
proms-l4ls purposes before me pAF's stl'sS GOWN ~
Csm7sd al Tuna ne iateaa CT me ianc above the
cSeds General Macdonald and his men are still nlafre
rr a. lie means dy vhcn they goI there They are
yeaaps eEhiy miles from GTansse when me- eAee1 u
is s5ou, TO niles beyond The worst physical dfneui-
aa sf-eaa- over and expedition look back
u1on an acaieaeut altogether unparalleled
L. ne r4s n wa
~ HEART OF HINALATAs-
Prom uar5eeug the eye ranges north over ocean C
sray vaprr level siU uuia,aons. e Eighty niles
ao7ss h:s grlf Of peaks Of the imaiayas
IL argent spears They lac things Of another
vcrla-puIe ranparts Of separate planet Al one point
along this dazzling crest sharp lick in The blue.
That is Ire Way to TIBET decided 20 advance in
taar direction toward Of yea, when Colonel
yo-nghusbaad had abandoned hope u meeting he
enssa-es from KLar5a long. The expedition
tl5 Dar5eEg itself but from silisuTi. IN
TIE plains below. very little above level There the
hEicst peaks The forbidden frontier the wall
Ehs Ike those % liaGGissnar ana Encainj anga, I'VE
& comm II a thousand aght.ng men ana more than q
thousand ters va PACK ANIMALS ana hundreds o. tons
ne level ~ llssFa imagine toera1-s ta- steeple-
Ia il can ag maj is ne altitude o. Mount E5yerezt-
Qsss IeHlI- which would sim 5o Insignificant,
tgi he Msrt=rh0T Iet reared The top q
Nor; Blanc. IRE T55=raEs- needless Ienark not
I've their ordinary lives quite Tar skyward O1t their
sooge sea eve-Esae1 than al out The loest submits
r5 a7sa saa5a s s5 ' S5 % Pm a. 5s 5a
go Pioneers. crack corps exclusively composed Of
skhs They distinguished themselves in vo almost
;asy serred with Kelly IN rhe C6ra campaign Esca
As competent 10 mak- ROAD as 70 tace an enemy IN
Ger al censianc@s they prefer the eneny and 10 Sikh
% ne ali OF ms eNp-li'.1n s. ~ Is mat mere .s5
:r eei rs,ges5 al .,.- ana r-aeetj- -l-ge5 ma
ts he Te-sta River 5etN~=n mountain sides,
.Hg either hand higher and higher ridges
aar ihe sain- az some -lght thousand feet Already
ne psta IS 5aa narrow track hanging over The bed Of
az YET prepared me winter season / xas per
ats. lie nothing 50 much as az iced sWitchoacA sy
nfsi 20 he Ief bank n Tie river Tnea ge are on
leus- road ~ charming ALLEY where IN spring the
eness o. tae ~ie blowers IS sad 20 rival fhe beauty
& ne passes z tie Caucasus ~ still II slkkim,
ss sesl-c- and peac~tu. people with horaey smoke
Is =; ,- 7--- XIV, L,s -, g., M e,-i,
Ne, re Got = rhe sers win steps as high as steeples
thousand eet to te re- sr-sr, - 7,f, 80 his
s2saa9gs eae-aoe by zigzag paths q the face
:. - sa' a. ma, 5ais S'er1aagizg the precpiees
81 IN. ao.1T = ae H!'Eal- We have said lies al
Is 5sf &c ..oel Sae Z was alec vim scenes such
rs,v. er fheN heiofe Here al the transport ar
70 f9- 81 sing che Jeep Pass had 70 be com
sn5 to e, ,-a.g r ne ToifGf &C., - 11I;
y aachsr hisnt = stairs a1s - march over region
s,-lc ieei Ths vas one OF the critical points Of the
ts-.s AEsia an sga;n had been allowed %
- -.s,- ~ aa,iFe Wy through places where handful
es-.s, ioea ~ naiicns defence seems 20 be cheny
eS-r.-~ d walls ant CURSE Lamas throughout me
ss Tie c,Hes 81 far nav. ,c, ,aier &C. bur the
r5-s -l sens no aave got g. rather - have
= UttLCr- the smallest difficulty. From
- Pass General Macdonald and RS al
So Ans thsir course quite peacefully down long
g. .la'S eF-crnt into Cnrrnbi Valley. where tAe
4, - y rr-1ratcn Tor nu-nb~r e. weeks cast
reflig Pleasant places while ts future
w. cr~a-iZei Though valley g. for the
-, -lartan ierritc-- runs India like a wedge
,Hltch ne IKE Bsrc-tsgEUseu. that happy scene
ll1e holidays. ort CO Bararia Into Austria
60 t-lL Trcre he mission remained encamped for
D-iiol Is among woodland ridges.
s-- -rent iE Drawing through. The
InfsFer. found i stresk Officers, with
~. 2lli%ensrha hort yellow ~ie~nssin which
= mos 0on1nart and comfortable IN tho word
FlE ciinates-Effh thet- muied heads ard woody
notrd by thiS ffrn- IKE q between Arctic
q. - Pn7 nDsratfc brgands. Ard every member &;
1"'si-n Aaf oug giver ~ shaving
DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED
~iu7hi re unparalleled severity = the TRANSPORT
vas II possible increased. For supper. 81 nan