Yak Caravans on the Move: Gospel Colporteur Braves All Conditions Tachienlu, Nov. 17.
'Tachienlu this morning' looks very much "like ""Angmagssalik, with Bugbear Bank behind, and "the Ice Cap beyond. It snowed during the night and the high mountains around us are mantled with beautiful snow. Autumn, as a rule, 1s not the snowy season slong the frontier—our heavy mows usually come in the spring and the heaviest falls ore during March and April. During these months the snow Is very heavy but soon melts away filing all the valleys that run towards the Yangtze with snow water.
The autumn has been described by different travellers as the best time for travelling along the border and og-a rule the largest Tibetan caravans arrive and leave about this time. Summer on the grasslands fattens up the yale putting them in to fine con-ition for the long Journeys of the autumn. "To take the yak away from the grasslands during the summer luntts them for the arduous journeys over somewhat barren country during the spring and autumn, The nomad has teamed, after years of experience, that the best time to take his yak over the barren passes fs autumn and winter, Tachienlu is usually very busy in the autumn and winter, 'The nomad brings in hig large caravans of yak and carries Chinese tea to every part of the Land of the Lamas. Drobung with its 7,700 Jamas, "Sera (6,500), Gaiden (2,300) and. Brash. Lhumbo. (4,000), all drink' Chinese tea' from '¥achow and the yak, the beast of burden on the Root of the World, carries this tea over high mountain asses,
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