The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-14
YOUNG EXPLORER
Returns from Wiids OF China ana Re
lstes Marvellous Experience.


TnHNo. sept Is--An interesting ex-
l'otsr has Just returned From, the nortr-
est.tn aependenclss OF china ir 10
ne Rev Zuirho Tschieans Who ~as
ince % Sinkiane y, ,ount otani a..
. Lcfd Abbot 90 HonENanu
ltrt,f, sls oni! y years % ass
loarsncs - since SeTtsinn-r. fsie h.
LaNeisd IA regions hiitsrta ureNpi,r,d
80 SO passed through. marvellous expert
ave information end many treasures
t.t. u - Eui. Guwc.sr. rast tlau.s ftrsf
i-it 70 ne country. Tor inisos he pass
- NHl"Nhh Mongolia ard <lrkinne and
sp.nt tHe year exploring Ruadnist rsIir-
NLlet th.s DC accompanied count
'tHni 90 t.ouron. aud lrft that rartt.i A.,
N-s 1sS 1910. ats I"ute az this tim.
l'"s hlm through rarragntai in ~, t.bts
4. = territory of Mongolia. 10 Urumpti.
ctoass-i the desert ~ Bo.do-pi. "a
''.' EEL lHrfan GA November 3 1910
q tnls point he parted with HE Eng
.lsn servant Hobbs. who had acou-
haniea aim and who went w~st~ard 90
hutcAa with heavy baggage there 20
SNa't Iachihana. who proceeded 10 the
f'Hn. For this expedition he orgs-ir~d
shnel cara an. and Teac he'd The enter
VI ne Loo LNor desert on September IA
hSe IN this desoIste region. une.-
p,1red except by few. he fond cvlicnc,
OF hapltaton and Negitatlon "a. .r,V-
,'.e,1 me cry bed 81 what at one time
1l-st nave been a great lake He saw
ntad trees ana unearthcd hucc tftinku.
embedded deep In the sand also rircc-
a.. ,, hNsr. ana tiles. iassinE through
ne runs OF what sven Hedin named
I-oulana fortress of days gon. hN-b.
souhd a frozen marsh st the foot OF Lon
N"r on the southern boundary Of Sinki-
ans- Here TEchibsna saw Inc girs,
EGman being since he left Turfsn lie
va hunter aud on seeing Tuchibana's
hey were robbers
leaving Lob Nor. he proceeded west
H1Id 10 the banks OF the River Tarim.
here ne found that there was NOT per
nanent snow range. but he disrovsr.b
number OF relies, precious stones and
ah old houk lie was unable to ,russ the
fanEe Of Allyn Tsgh or Gold Mountaiur
suI proceeded further westward to VAS
x"i' Nhtre he succeeded IN obtaining
i,.sn supplies OF provisions and ice. AMI
again left Tor Chcrtchen over a great
cult TO travel "'i4'-
Chertchen he reached on Janua-, "a
- 1, anu having re-cquipped he proceed
81 north" ard TO Kuchar across the
arm desert camping along the marsh
~ re ne t"nnd Wild pigs aud other sirns
,esched the dry bed OF tsen River. a
u.ahch or the Tarim. ON February 90
utFnoesinobtai - fshupfos M NT-Sti
ihtlf Nnter gave out and the marry
DUG well 81 metres deep. where water
was tapped and found 20 he bitter and
unnfinhs bic. but thirst drove them and
sIter boiling Il they drank The whole
party suffered from Intense pains. but
were aole to proceed and after three
ayt reached a small village. fIom which
point Tschlbsns hastened forward on
h"Iseback 20 Kuchsr to-meet Hobbs
hHcnar was reached on March 4 nnd
70 iaouihaia = 81 eat distress lie lca~ro A
that Hobbs had died OF small nov in
Januaiy. The body OF the Englfshrnan
was sent TO Kashgar.
During this trip Tachibaua v.oe ,,n,ht.
10 eNcaNate 20 any great extent. buf he
round the deserts. the mountain ra,ass
est ''tei-
From Kuchsr Tachibana proceeded
N'St~ard through Aksu to kashrah the
extreme western corner 81 Sirkiang
here ne met the British consul who con.
tn'ted the funeral service over Hobbs
VINO was TIE first foreigner to De burie
~ me province OF Sinkieng. Leaving
49, SAL on April Z. Tachihana proceed
81 tpulhN ara. exploring pami valieyand
Iesc.ed khotan. which was explored by
1T. ~. =. Stein for the Indian sOxeru-
nent. The heat 40 this time was ex-
irene. and Tachihana crossed T[luuen
ana Attcla mountain 1880 feet high
Later returning 20 Ehofsn. Tachibara
proceeded 20 kiria. ard reached the
Tibetan plateau Is 600 feet above sen
I"Nel after various hardshfpe Here The
coll Was intense and the annals diei o.
starvation. To escape the danger Taohi-
nana deFcended q steep path and elarfera
For five days Tachiiana and his rer.;
were without food. Fortunately on the
lith coy they met hunter Who sun.
pied then with mutton.
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the Princess brush. including Vows OF
Castles Eutln and Charlottenhog and
I've trate poems IN part wtIttep ~ Prfn-
cess Eitel and iu part by lor pooff,
6 5usin, Princess FoOdora OF SchIeswiE-
Holstcin.