The day the Consul left the Border, hundreds of Chinese, merchants, officials and otherwise, travelled under his heavy Chinese escort as far as Yachow, eight days from Tachienlu. The road between these two cities is not very safe and. Chinese possessing a little silver and other valuables saw no immediate objection to sharing the Consul's armed escort. One or two civil and military officials also took the opportunity of getting clear of -the Tibetan frontier.
"News from the interior reports Lhasa troops massing on the present line of demarcation between China and Tibet at Rombatsa, 15
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