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like riding through dense clusters OF
glass A big body Of water was dimly
seen one day through the mist.
Al first We believed II 10 be lake:
but upon reaching the shore. We found
a gigantic river the ycllOw-gray. thick,
muddy water -maascg OF which rolled
southwest with hollow and sinister
roar. ! knew at once that II was the
Sachutsangpo Shereb Lama led the
way into the river. leading the pack
mules Shagdur and followed.
IN the middle Of the river we halted
for a minute on a sand bank In
water about foot deep, From there.
neither the right nor the left bank
could be- seen The water rolled by In
great volume. Seethtng and rumbling
Owing 70 the constant rain. the river
war rising rapidly II VIZ stayed too
long. We fiaked being cut of In both
directions Ghefeb Lama went on, IT.
began IN look had when the water rose
above The root Of his little mules tat.
Lama RODE on alone. The water got
deeper ana deeper We called out 10
him al the Top ~ our lungs, but he
continued bold and fearless. The rain
beat the river. all @a1 water ! rode
last. and my horse fell behind
saw TIE two others. and the pack"
animals, rising above The surface 0f the
water had glimpse of the left
shore. They managed 10 make IT, safely
! dug my heels into my horse But
We happened W strike little below the
ford. and sank deeper and deeper ]
felt dizzy, as the water fllled my boots
Presently IL rose above by kn' n and
the saddle ioosensd my gifdIe and
. AL s.d ~ al IN
Lama and Ehagduf shouted and
pointed, bat In ths roar 1f the water
OH MOI hear them Now H. feaChed
nay waist Now ] saw no more III my
horse thbH ms mead aud neck.
/ prepared W throw myself from tile
saddle ana let 60 0t the h1fse But AT
! that very moment he began ~ swim
! InyoluntafiIy l grahpef his mans liz
I Wa carried along by the current, and
| almost ctoksd Eui The next moment
! he touched bJtLpm, got his f0oiing and
IfsYed himself onto the shore,
never experienced n worse river
| crossing In Akis u was nothing lehs
than miracle that no one wss
drowned Neither Ehagdur nor tsherst
I.sH1a could swim.
A. dusk. four days later. three Tibet
sUk came walking MWafd our tent. and
Ehefeb Lama and tshsgduf went out Il.
meet ifIfm They GDnytfEed f1f IL lone
time and II Was dark Ia every ssnse
siisii my Two comrades returned
Dns ~ tHe IlbetaIis had bIid iiem
Ia d maglshfiai tone, that three dayt
l,tf0fs b messenger hsd came from Il
ysk hunter IN The Iiailhs who reported
ia wing eAfti sn enormous caravan pro
teFGiilR M8aTd Ihaka,
Are yuu sahgaiated win ltifmf" he
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! mile ahead OF us, In few minutes
/ We would be there The smoke Was al
| ready rising from the fires. A big black
wax was grazing scarcely two hundred
PAGES from the camp
Mohammcd lisa came out OF his tent
and sent a bullet into the animal. The
wounded beast became furious; and
catching sight Of us and concludins
that We were enemies, he made straight
for our little group,
Reh.m All uttered cry OF despair
and ran for dear life toward the tents
But he changed his mind and turned
Our horses SHE'D and started To gallop
of Rthim All caught Roberts horse
by the tail
The yak was quite close He toamed
eyes. his blue-violet tongue hung out,
his breath issued from his noStrils Ike
clouds ct vapM. the dust whirled be-
hind him.
lie rushed forward with lowered
head. and as l was riding on the ex~
IRENE right IL was my horse that he
would FIRST impale. and throw u and me
in the air. after which he would trampse
lis to pulp In imagination could
already hear the crunching ~ our
breaking ribs.
The wax MAS Within 50 feet ot us
now, threw etf my hashllA IN distract
his attention lie took no notice Of Il,
l untastened my sirdle, intending to
throw the Sheepskin coat over him and
thus blind him, when he Was close by
Only tiny step separated me irom
death Before l could set tree g,om
the coat piercing shrek was heard
II was Rehim All who had stumbled
and h.A ri thu pN.AIn1
The wax. diverted by this, turned ~
Rehim All With horns lowered he
rushed upon his victim Hut whether
the wax thoueht the man MAS altcady
dead r considered him to @ harm
less ~ fl, kehim All never Na much ~
hudeed the YAK conten,ed himself with
psndding Rehim All With his horns and
then continued hts wtld career actoSs
the plain and took himself rapid, MI
| turned at once, dtSmounted and
hurried to Rehim All elieeine h.n to
be dead tie lay stu, tatte,Sa aud
dusty Upon NV asking how he was
he made eomlral gesture with one
hand as II to say, Never mind me,
am ALREADY stone dead
Presently help arrived irom the caiun
tt,or Rehim All really i.,nked most mis-
efahle tie had a iang but harmless
cash along one les
Tic was lifted up On hotae his
Wound was dressed and he Was cared
for IN tent tlenceforth he Was ~
ride, Hut the event certainly mate him
hit 0user, aud II MAS lons helure he
became normal again
IN the evening tsanl,s on horseback
arrived ana Il iafGe hNNe Mite tent
Mas nitehed The WNt aaV the CIV
erner With u yeans lama, eallea On
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asked. Tell the truth. Remember
that you are lama"
Ehereb i.amas knees trcmbied, and
he stated the facts. without mentioning
my presence. But Shagdur assured me
that the magisterial Tibctan had sew
cral times used the expression shaved
peling," or Swedish European"
The next day an old white haired
lama and three other men visited us
The former asked a number Of dues.
tions about our headquarters. and In
formed us that couriers had been sent
10 Kamba Bombo the Governor, Of
kakchu, We were prisoners until his
instructions came.
The next number on the days pro-
gram was not reassuring Fifty~three
horsemen. in red black or gray cioaks
wearing high white hats or red bandan-
~ around their heads and armed with
spears. lances. swords and muskets
decorated with streamcFs. gathered at n
tent settlement few hundred yards
away.
They dismointed, held n consultation
by fire. right In the rain. aud then
sprsng into their saddles, Seven of
them rode east on the road tn Nakchu
two went south along the main road
u Lhasa.
The rest galloped of. making straieh,
for our tent. emitting wild waf~cfies
and swinging their swords or muskets
above their heads. Ehereb Lama be-
lieged that our hours were numbered.
n y
WE took our stand In front OF The
W tent, with fingers ON trigger Lake
nn avalanche the Tibetans rushed for
ward The hoofs 0f the horses snhcktd
IN the wet When 40 close that the
nearest horses Aptakhed us. they divided
in'o two squads and swung back III
two wide curves 10 their starting point
| Having repealed this ~arlikr maneu"
| yer twice, they dism0inifd and shot ~
target. They evidently intended u
| inspire lis with ave,
! Al times The place sWasmeh win
! mpunied, armed men II i0oked like Il
{ mobilization We were but three against
! This superior force, We were prisoners
and IN the midst II great adventure
| Five mrn came up and presented W
! with sheep. A message had arrived
/ that Esmba Bmnbo the all~hiRhekt
was himself on his way t0 see Us
/ thfreb Lama wac afraid that The gov
eTn0r would recognize him,
! by way III punishment tor dsreiic'
! ton q Iama had once been sentenced
! IN travel The entire distance from Ufsu
~ i.hash IN PROSTATE p0sitiGn, !, r., NE
had Ia measure The road with the length
| II Ills body u han taken him MA
geaTe bheteb Lama believed that he
| would suffer n iike pcnaity
| IN ths afternoon We were seated VIII
seven Iibetans arUind our IRE IN iht
| open when troop ~ h0rhsmen cams
Rsli0piug straight IN Ia Ds from ths
east II was kamba BoInb0'a inter
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"I've raced over here to find out the
truth. he said. If they should spring
that on us, where would We be? I've
E200 900 worth of cars landed already
and not one of them should ] be able
to sell. I've another load reaching Liv-
crpool today two due at Southampton
next week. more on the way. and 9TH
ers loading. Do you know what I did
when I landed here? Well Ill tell you
l went right away TO see the minister
who's running this job. / put 1t tC
him straight And got shot out OF the
door in 80 seconds / asked only for
plain answer to a plain question. But
do you think l could get 1t? Not on
your life!
Il got no reply. and there / am
hung up" Mr.. Plat went on. Then
began to try the back door, as I'd the
front one shut In my face. and 1t vas
then l heard about Miss Malcolm
And what did you hear about herr
What you folks know already, don't
doubt. They we're drafting the notes OF
the decisions arrived at In the cabinet
council in one of the committee rooms
OF the House of Commons. and some
young idiot sent out for professional
typist. That girl knows what I want to
know. ] can't get at her. You've 60!
to-
That's all right" Angus volunteered
She wants 10000 pounds.
Mr.. Plat stared across at Angus.
You've got her. them" ne demanded
Il danced with her for two minutes
last night-just as long as I was allow
ed 10. What struck me was tina, she
was so anxious to get at you as you are
TO get at her"
Mr.. Plat produced check-book. a
style, and began to write. Peter Bragg
stopped him.
I'm not sure that We can proceed
further in this matter" he declared
And why not?" Mr.. Platt demanded
I'VE are assisting In the divulgemen,
OF government secret TO foreigner. :
Peter Bragg pronounced
"Bunkum," Mr. Piatt insisted. "A
matter Of 5000 Engishmen will get
their cars over 10 pounds cheaper. II
know what TO do"
Cant see that II makes much diff
ference myself Pudgy." Angus remark
ed ITS just whether you look al the
matter from free traders point oil
view or protectionists's
In any case" Peter Bragg inquired
INV W sou pAopuSC 10 HppIOdCU the
young lady?"
She'll telephone" Angus announced
She telephoned twice yesterday. /,
was she who gave me the tip TO turn
up at the Embassy Club
Mr.. Plat laid the check upon the
table.
See here" he proposed. you bring
the girl along. and guess you don't
have to interfere at all. Ill do the
talking"
"I>HIS ought to make things easy"
Angus remarked about an hour
later. as he nodded to the butler and
laid card upon the table Show
the gentleman In. Groves
Mr.. Sholto Dennis, immaculatcly
dressed. as became young man In a
government department. was a study
OF woe. He shook hands gloomily with
Angus. accepted an introduction 10 his
partner and sank into the clients
chair.
Il say. George" he demonstrated
you're playing II rather low down on
fcilow--W hat?"
Don't YOU believe IT, iaddic." Angus
replied I've got my Job In life just
as you've got yours
But. II ! were 10 como a croppe,
over this" Dennis pointed out I'D
lose mine
AS bad as that"
Dennis nodded
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me The governor wore q Chinese cap
with two fox tails and a White glass
button. a silk caftan with wide sleeves
otterskin collar. earrings and velvet
boots
He greeted me warmy--,n fact, We
were not far nom embracing each
other But he was infexihle IN his
command,
You must not travel through Max.
tSang. Hedin Sahih. You must 80 hack
north Though We arr old friends. I
don't wan. any fresh trouble on ycus
account"
'NIlale TSerins" replied. II started
out on this tourney with $50 beasts OF
burden have 3 horses and mule
left How can YOU ask me IA 81 back
10 that mnrdero0S Chang-tan With such
caravan"
You may so wherever YOU wish. eu.
net '"ronsh nv proy!nce
Tive Dalai Lama has fed There IL
different regime now than when
was In Tibet before. The TsShi Lama
Is expecting me"
4 only take orders from the govern
ment III ihsSa"
Il am expecting letters nom tnd,s
that are Io ctNne 10 me through the
TaShi Lama"
Il have no py,cf Of that shall not
leave this Mace eetcre YOU are On yc,f
way north"
And l Shan not depart until nave
sot my pNSs frum India"
The goNernor visited me again the
next day and this time he had changed
his mind, To my extreme anaaEsn,ent
he said
Il have discussed the matter With M
trusted men and Nc have agreed that
the cnly thing tor WA Ia DO il Ia leave
and 80 south III the Negkm cf taerans
tTaSh,~lAnlsb | Ask that WA FvSums
YOUR tourney TOMORROW
What had hap,enea. What Ssta he
mean HAD he received ORDERS ffNm
thaSaA did MT trust my ears, bat
Kept my ccoatenance, and sasd >,ultr
etS,lv
All rlsht viii su >,MtA II yva MI
sci tue s.ine new beasts NJ harden"
"NM may hxs tN~lN trNM tSe
neasads, Nes NNad rus,S east Vt the
NsanStsetso"
After the customary return eal We
,elsaesed oat MssasN eArSl0.ly silals
tsefms Mas Sfeath Interested In thai
pa<eeduEe and asked f9 the x.npt,
e,'ssS that we're lett aSef HE sN a hi
I leather @sNeS and several s.ahss x,Ssy,s
anu ends. lie observed them ali. tn
he had apened the land ut ths n>,lN
@ssks tM ne 10 paSs thsu,Sh
thls Man a great yNsVgy Tor a.a, /
woutd eEtsss the eastern gsftA.n At the
vast uneNl,soted sls,t which M s,,r.N
sean os eundu hal set uA>stSed Al
the enstAcles IN NV Way were a. h
swept aNay
,tertstsat lA3st
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pany. provided the Dalai Lama gave
his permission.
Well let US send a courier TO the
Dalai Lama. am willing TO wait q
couple OF days"
NO" he answered determinedly. IL
should be dismissed Immediately after
such n question:
We mounted again, and Kamba
Bombo and his gentlemen accompanied
me 10 my tent There our weapons
were examined aud the escort WAS
introduced 10 MS. Thereupon said
farewell. and we parted the very best
OF friends. but my flrst effort TO reach
Lhasa had ended,
II was now my plan to cross Tibet
and reach india In one way or another,
| decided therefore. To push south with
the entire caravan until confronted by
insurmountable obstacles,
That sooner or later we would be
stopped. appeared certain The Tibet
ans. being warned. had Increased the
guard on the north. After one week on
the TOAD. we again encountered nomads.
SIX armed l.orsemen appeared on the
left of the caravan, and seven on the
right. all ut quite distance. every
one wearing tall white hat There
were many tents. and We looked into
some Of them.
The women wore their hair In small
plaits and on their backs they had red
ribbons with coral. ulrquoises and sill.
YER coins A chief with his band ven-
tured forth and said
I'VE have orders 10 prevent YOU from
continuing south"
IAN right. prevent us,
We have sent messengers ia l4haan,
II you proceed IN that direction. We
shall lose our heads,
THAT would serve you right"
IAN the nomafa have been forbidden
Ia sell YOU anything
We take what We need And we
have firearms"
Al we moved southwark the Tibetan
crowds grew larger aud presently new
groups appeared ahead Of us, gathered
about some black and two blue white
tents. A band of hotsemen surrounded
us and asked Ms Ia stop. AZ the two
governors Ut Naktsang. the province In
which we were, had arrived, They had
received important Information from
the devashung. or the government ~
ihaha.
| concluded 10 encamp hundred
and nifty PAGES from their tents, Our
largest tent WAS adorned with rug
from khotan, and was used a. an
audience chamber,
y
4 FThH a short time. the two gov
- ernora rode np, wearing gorgeous
red robes aud buttnnrcans Of Chinese
cut l went out to receive them. They
dismcunled. greeted me politely and en-,
tered the tent
The mare eminent Vt The two, lila IL
Tserins, was an elderly, beafdlesa man.
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w YE were ready 10 start our
n wild ride UWard LhaSa. !
wv decided tina, only Ehereb
Lama and Snsgour should
accompany me. for our
hesdouartsrs needed every possible de"
tense III ca@ the Jibetans should use
afnlec force against us.
We were disguised ~ three Euriai
pilgrims n9und f0t Lnaas Ny Mon
golisn cloak On -bIOgG red had secret
plrkets for my aneroid, compa A watch,
note book sud >lok In which !
sketfller q map ~ the route In my
ieft o1yt Vas a ppcket for the Their
nlon1eeeF
also typk shaving utensils Ian
tern. SInat candies. matches. ali az,
Mouge!lsn pptA and pans and 10 silver
Ysnlbas Two Monaghan leather casfs
Leld nl1st ~ these things wore a
Chinese sku!i-esp, With eafiaps 3
round my neek rDsaTy with IGs
Dca1A, and copper caSe containing al
image 81 EDddha
a dagger chop vatjrks FIRE ~steei
FU hung in my glfcic We sl1D had
fuys snG blankets ~ MongoIian MAKE
bDt ~ beds The smallest ~ our tents
vas ~ shelter Us.
! snail nfyer f1Fyet tia, DAY, on
ypi tIlf eypeTls Dre @DIId be- something
sftfanrCiUsFy !! sGIotfsafH 40 wotild
ere the H'iy CITY And II Ne failed
~ Wniid ~ entirely 81 the mercy Di
the Iibetsns ber0njBR their prisoners
With ~ inkiing u i1W that captivity
might end.
HoWeYer. when EbaRdUr woss me
yoaf esaeliy W the great adventure
snd IN jess than quarter ~ sn ioyiii
xss thorough MDngoi, from hssh
u TOO
Sest<d 0itcG1fk befDIe tic IRE. ] IN
1erUent Treatment by EfsEdaI hnf
s:hefeD iams. The f0fmef shaved ms
head sna even ny mlistAciIs. III
VIE ut sTnDo'n A. "a billiard ball. llf
!sttfT rubbed s nixtuie ~ fst, sbii
sn6 tJD@b pigmsHt into ms
! becanst almost iIIRbhnsd 1T fb'
NsGt ~ myself ~ my polished "sitb
ssst my only minor We were IN iiFi
spirit laughing anf chatting Hs'
Hhooibose
u JsinsG foT DAYS Il. time y
POURED flpm ne w Ia iei& and u ~
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with queue, the other one was Yum.
aux Iserine. We began palaver that
lasted three hours. Hlaje Tsering be.
gan
You rode 10 Lhasa with only tive
companions on a road further east hu,
you we're stopped and escorted over the
border by kamba Bombo ot Nakrhu
You have now come 10 Naktsang. and
YOU may not proceed single step
/ along this road"
You cannot prevent me" replied
| soldiers"
What does that signitye am able
10 use force. too
Very we'll he said. we Will no,
hre at you, but We will make your
Journey impossible
How will that happen"
twenty soldiers will hold each one
OF your horsrmen and camcis We will
keep your animals I'LL they collapse.
we nave special orders from LhaSa."
snow them to me-" l said but
mad realized from the rrst that We
could not proceed. My second attemp,
had failed.
with pleasure" they replied, where
upon the paper was produced II was
dated, In the year OF the Iron Cow,
siNth month, twenty first day" II con-
GUIDED with orders To refuse us passage
on pain OF decapitatlon for the soeer-
nora
Our camp was magnificent We had
nve tents, the Tibetans -, and their
force had increased to more than t,ve
liundted men, The shore sWarmcd with
horsemen, men atoot. horses. yakS and
sheep. ana the red stframers flnttered
from the soldiers muskets
The next morning our roads parted
J was intrt,ated to- the escort that hal
been commissioned Ia accompany me
westward, while the two governors re-
turned to the capital at their province
Little did ] dream, aa ! saw them de
part, with their magnificent train, that
tilale Tsering was Ia inquire eonsptcu~
o,ialy IN a later episode Ut my wander
lnss IN Asia That WAS three years
later. after repeated attempts To pene-
trate ~ i,hasa,
WE had been three months on this
journey and had suffered terribly
from tile hatdships Ut libetan WIN.
ter. Again We were atnpied, messengers
we're sent Ia i.hasa and again We found
our way barred by armed men
The Iihetan horses took a genutne
intereat IN our hn,aes. and did not seem
I" understand that our emartated,
Mretehed animals we're ot their own
sl,eoles, II was interesting to ohaetve
The delight with which theaa little
ponies ate dried meat cat IN hing
strips In a country where pasturaae
Ia ~ meaget, the nnnads have 10 train
their horses ~ heCome meat eaters
Presently We hishted camp, half a
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prefer who spoke poorer Monaghan
than /. but was otherwise a decent TEL
| low.
He questioned us thoroughly. and
| was most interested In our headQiar-
tiers. Apparently they had illusions ol
Russian invasion. with thousands oi
| Cossacks The interpreter told us that
the Dalai Lama received daily reports
about ua.
| Next morning the scene became AMI
mated The whole plain swarmed with
| horsemen and pack animals, and new
| tent village was growing up not Iaf
away
TWO hours passed. when troop oil
| 81 horsemen came dashing up from
| the new tent village They presented
a splendid picture In their deep blue
| and dark red 8ttife, their swords in
scabbardn Ornamcnted with siiver. coral
! and turquoise. their cases holding an
image Of Buddha. their rosaries and
| the rafting silver nccoutrement AT Their
| sides
Kamba Bombo rode IN the center on
milk white she mule. lie was
small, pale man perhaps 40 years Old
with eyes that blinked roguishiv, amt
! he wore red cloak and red bashlik
over a yellow hilk robe. with skunk
sleeves green velvet boots and blue
| Chinese cap
He dism0unted IN front OF my tent
His servant spread rug on the ground
| and placed cushionS on u, Here ne
. and another high official, Nanso Lama
! a monk. settled down
! kamha HombO was polite and kind
| To my request for permishi0n To con-
tnue and nee the Holy CITY. he
answered with "A significant gesture OF
hts hand toward his neck,
NO. not one step further toward
! i.nasa. That would cost your heada~.
! and mine, TOO | do my duty ! yet
orders from the Dalai Lama every day.
| He Wah immOVahie. inex0rablr lie
I did not lose control 6f hinself for one
moment lie Was al once dgniftrd and
! l0vial In The end ne rode back 10 hts
| tent ! told him, u was my purpose
10 start back for my headquarters on
the following day,
ItARLY IN tbs morning | mounted
my horse and ride much 10 the
diamay NJ hhaadur and shereb Lama -
quite alone Ia Kamba Hombo'a tent
Hut ! had not gone halt way when "a
| horsenlrn surrounded ma and asked me
| 10 dihmount
| After some waiting kamba Homhn
appeared with his eaG0ft ituGs and
| cushions wets spread 0tlt, ana We hetv
| Tied duWn to converse on neutral
ground,
| / asked him jokinaly how Il wo,ld be
| II he aud | should ride ~ i.haha, only
We two together? tie laughed, shook
! his head, aud aaid that II would he A
pleasure 10 him 10 travel IN my COM
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A journey across Asia by car
r'""" ~xr'nra.'"'fs in the numbink
cid of the Himalayas and hard
hII,SG m me neat and thirst 0f
deserts have been related In two
previous articles by the author. who
Is an outstanding figure In an age
Yich IN exploring achievements. The
following. the concluding article ri
q series ~ three relates expert
enees while exploring In the for
bi0deu lane OF Tibet.
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BY SVEN fEDIS.

BY SVEN fEDlS.
w YE were ready 10 start our
a a1ld ride uward LhaSa
NV decided that only Ehereb
Lama and Shsgdur should