Busy Tibetan Trade Mart:
The Great Unwashed Yatung (Tibet).
Phari-jong, where the Mount Hiverest Expedition proposes pend several weeks, is the filthiest Village. in the world, (writes the correspondent of the "Daily Situated on a small knoll in the centre of the plain from which it takes its name and a few miles from the foot of Int. Chomothari, one of the most magnificent moun. tains in Tibet, Phari consists of fortress, round which are hud-
are people live. ded about 200 hovels in which 'When the village was first, built, at least, 500 years ago, the houses were "above ground' level, but nowadays, owing to the prevalent practice of the fuhabitants of us-ug the front of their houses as a rubbish, heap, the buildings are Duried in mounds of Ath, rough which are out paseag ead The road level in'mony. places far' above: the roofs of the houses Hining The people never wash.
Everest Expedition, who contem-The visit of the Mount
plate '® reconnaissance of Me Chomolhari, the members will not have to native quarters, as there is an excellent bungalow, by the Government of for uso by its officials stationed in Tibet. There is also post aiid telegraph office, probably the highest in the world. From this nows of the expedition will be sent out to the world.
Phari is one of the principal trademarks of Tibet, bei ced at the head of the Chumbi Valley, down which travels the bull of the Tibetan export trade, including the largest product of the country, wool The condit under which the inhabitants "live are. very har No crops will ripen owing to the shortness of the summer aad also to the altitude, Because -of the scarcity of fuel, most. food ix eaten raw. Dried mutton and barley flour, which is imported from Chumbi, form the principal articles of diet, washed down with the inevitable Tu winter combat the intense cold—tho thermometer sometimes drops to 80deg. F.—by donning more fur-lined clothing.
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