In two years he hopes to retire from this strenuous work of travelling and sending home carefully written de-Spatches to the "Times." Some years: fage he had a serious accident twelve days north of Bangkok. He fell, breaking both his less, and It was twelve days before he reached the hospital at Bangkok, Mr. Hellssen has many strong points! and among his weak ones is that of devouring the advertisements in "Me-Call's". T never saw anyone. show more appreciation for all the nice dishes displayed in this magazine. A journalist' may be fastidious "about what he eats but "MeCall's " artistic ishes will meet the demands of any and every palate. "He called on the local Chinese officials and created very good impression, "They decided forthwith to. entertain him with a dinner, but the "Berlingske Tidende" reporter slipped from the border very quietly and before the oMcials were aware that he had gone, Courteous and kindly this Danish journalist "dropped down on the frontier, saw all there was to be seen, enjoyed a week's quiet rest, met fas many 'Tibetans' as possible, asked very few questions, studied the whole situation, visited numerous lamaseries, photographed some unblushing ladies and an incarnation, and passed on to other worlds in which his newspaper Is interested. He can now write about the "lent and temple" with some authority as he has studied the lama, Jamasery in Mongolia and on the borders of the Lend of the Lamas.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.