The Archive · 1935

Dry Lamasery

And no man live th to himself. The young Tibetan is connected with the Panshan's delegation which arrived in Tachienlu some weeks ago. The two important Tibetan delegates visiting Kham on behalf of the Lhasa government have a following of some twenty retainers, drabas, and Servants, and the man with the two revolvers is one of them. Now what to be done? The delegation is due to return and report and now this unfortunate incident holds up the whole brigade, and should the woman fail to recover, someone will have pay the bill. Fortunately for all concerned Dr. James was on the spot very soon after the accident and the woman received skilful attention 50 there is much likelihood of the warm sun dispelling the dismal clouds surrounding the international inci dent. Tt would be good, however, if Yectures could be given all Over the Land of the Lamas illustra-{ing the serious relation between wine and air, and that what is done with impunity at one foot above sea-level should not be done when the aneroldaregisters ten thousand feet. At Lintang, 14000 feet above sea level, there is a large lamasery housing some 3,000 lamas and drabas. Wisely, the abbot of this religious institution, has forbidden the manufacture, sale, and consumption of intoxicating fiquer. Litang is some five thousand feet above Tachienlu there is no saying what a drunk Tibetan with {wo revolvers and 2 Nya-rong wife might do. Whisky, however, is absolutely forbidden throughout the whole district, with

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