Recently I met a mandarin returning from post on the Tibetan frontier and in the course of conversation he mentioned report that seemed to be incredible, but he gave it as of common knowledge among the officials, viz, that the British, advancing from India by s new and practically unknown route, had arrived at a place called Ganba, within eight days of Lhassa. Unless I had Known the man pretty well I should have suspected a desire on his part to "pull my leg," but he is not that kind of man, and his statement obviously tallies with his i formation and belief, though the information may be st fault.
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