is a marked one, and while following in the main the route traversed by Bonin, it is sufficiently varied from' that route to give it a character of its own. That it was done with almost no following—just a Chinese boy and a Tibetan helper—peaks volumes for the pluck and tact of the traveller. M. Bonin had an opinion that anyone who should venture into Mili without an escort might fare badly, but evidently some good influences must have beea at work when Mr, Amendsen passed that way.
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