Scientists and Missionaries en Route to Lhasa under Buddhist Auspices London, July 21.
Great Britain intends to make a thorough study of the little known land of Tibet. A mission composed of some of England's ablest ex-blorers, scientists, missionaries and ethnologists soon will leave London for the city of Lhasa. The mission will proceed under the auspices of the International Buddhist Union, representing all schools of Bud-diiism, including the Buddhist Society of the United States, The mission will make a closer investigation of the Tibetan people, their customs, religion and language, than has yet been possible, together with a study of rare books and manuscripts known to exist in the monastic libraries.
These are expected to prove of the greatest value, not only to Buddhist scholarship and to the study of comparative religion, but to fill many gaps that at the present exist in the world's knowledge of the early history of a country which to the present day is veiled liu mystery.—Reuter.
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