Somehow or other Britain always. wins and the value and prestige of the British flag on the Tibetan front ice is now enormous: ten cents for an American flag, five rupees for a British—the Red flag lis nowhere in it. The Indian did the only thing Possible to increase interest in the) British flag, enhanced its value and its market price: other nationalities, 10 cents, British flag two dollars.
'The Indians, it is reported, were' on their way from Po. King to India, They had travel-Jed across China, had entered Tibet at Sining and continued their Journey as far as Chamdo, oily month's: travel from Lhusa. Here, to the tune of the bag-pipes, they were permitted to go no further, and wore Invited to retrace their To say it was a disappointment is putting it mildly. Only six week from home after nearly six month: of hard travel and then ruthlessly turned back and apparently the only rea:
being "it is not convenient."
Each one is armed with a rifle and a revolver.
{brain and supporting the jaws and may receive five cents or two and half, but you cannot do that mountain, especially the Gong-ga in Eastern Tibet. Itsits here defiant] vin all its grandeur of theodolite or! lealipers. The Tibetan skull may be big or small, long, round, or broad, and bewildering" scientific names may be used to describe it, but the Gona-ga in all its peerie beauty simply smi The shoves the head back and examines jthe teeth, he pulls it forward and lfcels the hair, he turns it round and +beholds he jaw and finds "Where Macgregor sits, there is the head of the table."
The Gong-ga will stand some measuring and if the present "xpedition succeeds in finding its altitude during their first visit they ought to be congratulated. Unfor~ tunately the early summer is not a very good time to measure the Gong-it is enveloped ip mists for weeks on end and only rarely during! the rainy season can a sustained view be abt
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.