The camel is part of what now must be termed a "burst adventure."
When the panchen's expedition. bound for Lhasa, passed through Amdo, a number of camels were secured to move bag and baggage across the great Asiatic steppes. At cne time it was reported there were one yak; two other children were put inside boxes, and these were tied to a yak pack saddle. The postmaster packed the smallest kiddies inside his garment, and the k caravan moved slowly over the steppes towards Tachienlu Travel in central Asi has one pleasing feature: the somehow, sometime, reaches its destination. It may be smashed, broken, battered, dislocated and everything go "east and west," but the traveller has this satisfaction every time, that some bay he will reach "home 400 camels in the cara n and 200] reet home." Fortunately the north had already moved toward the Lhasa road between Derge and sacred capital, carrying good things Tachienlu is fairly free from robber to eat and nice things to wear. As but this cannot be said of other the Panchen was moving, however, parts of Sikang. Practically every and with him an army of followers, other road is infested with robbers, a large camel caravan seemed ne-ug travelling in some places cessary. On former occasions the an impossibil Lhasa Government would have pro-in companionship with vided yak for his Highness, but thi the tall, stately camel were a wild time nothing was done, so the Pa mule and a wild horse. Coming in chen had to purchase camels 1c the east gate this morning after our carry his enormous -retinue into the usual distribution of N.B.SS. litera-Forbidden Land. ture my wife saw a somewhat The death of the Penchen at strange looking animal which looked Jyekundo brought to a full stop the partly like a horse and a mule. A adventure which automatically split Chinese soldier was having a rough up into its natural parts, relative time trying to hold on to the crea-lamas and Tibetan officials remainture. The face of the animal was ing with the body of the Panchen certainly like a horse and yet the at Kanze, while the Chinese part of tail was nct at pf a mule, the expedition returned to China.
It is now reported that at least Wild Horse for Chengtu Zoo 1000 people are making. or have made, their way to Tachienlu, bein We enquired about the beast about two-thirds of the Panchen's end discovered it bad come to following, And this enormous fol-town th part of the Panchen's lowing has created quite a block in retinue and was being taken to the ula system along the main, north Chengtu to be placed in some z00 Lhasa road. The Red Army which there. There was no doubt about it invaded this part of the country in being what the people termed, 1936 apparently ate up not o vema or wild horse. It was hav Put horses, donkeys and mules great fun with the Chinese soldier leaving the ula services almost jand pulling him all over the place. without a beast of burden There was no evidence that the wild In years gone by 1000 animals [horse had been ridden or any at-could be provided, enabling large tempt made to domesticate it. The Meukow
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