In the early part of last year, it will be embered, there was a serious 1 impound near received from that whist, sini powder 1 place called Siavyuents Gate. Tt appeared that the w 4 or clarifying a larg and somehow the stuff the whole place on fire, The fire got to a building where was stored a quantity of gunpowder wi the vicinity yellow have been doi keep the facts from by public out tioned w: their best to nown to the accident accompanied by the injuring of a couple of workmen who are now doing well and will be able to resume Work lo of days." It remains to be port of the catastrophe will be sent to Peking by the Governor priest of the Da. eden the 15th of the Sth moon from the DieR monastery to Feng sive about a nossionary from Holland, 4 Mr. Ling (Rijnhort), who was tea in Tehet aod net with difficulties, As T the Tibetan road some 17 days?
wendy, [came to a_phice called Dawooopposite: te Quetta, Some forty journey from Quetta DE foamed that. Hist year there had been foreigners at hut the people did aot know any-wut them or to what country they With them there were one or two men from Ponatoo (Poona 2). They were in Quetta last year during the winter, the 3rd moon of this year some Quetta 1 to some other place. then started fry lace and other way and after five days' j dat. Naichia and enquired" of the people with reference to this afliir, and the people said they knew nothing about it, [walked on another day to 4 place called Moh. The natives there suid that they had heard that they (the for ners) had passed by that: ind, but that they di not sve th with their own sy nor did they know where they went, I auride ate other arriving at a plice called Liv ye 1 found a family who invited me to stop and chant for them, which 1 ud-when L had finished to: wards evening we got into conversation about this matter and I got a true version, They said that in the Sth moon of last year there were two foreigners, aman and A woman, and they had a little child with them. 'The clothes they wore were like foreigners and Manchus, but when you nined their faces they lwwked like for Tuey had hors were accompanied by 4 ese, and they were going to Chaitan. At' Chaitan they met with robbers why took away their goods, so that they could not go on, but returned and went another' way. They did not get to Liungan again, but it was rumoured that there were only the two persons, without the child and without any of their goods, and none of their Chinese attendants were with them, Hearing of their coming down and that they had gone to Haichia, a man called Chin-lih-yau-san took hold of the foreigner ud killed him, The woman, no one new where she went. I went on another two days' journ y_and came to a place called Kechia, and Naichia, where I could get no information, and proceeded to Wongtao where I met a young lady who orselack, and I asked her the way toNaichia. She said: " Which Nai-chia do you want to go to!" I repile "Last year two foreigners went to Naichia,
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