Parties take place once or twice Jo month, The dimeully of Tibetan dinners, I should imagine, is the cblaining of vegetables, Lhasa Is 12000 feet above Shanghai and very little apart from grass will grow round the sacred capital, Vegetables may be Imported from Tndia of Chi however, and oven then they must be carried a long way. Jars of very {asty pickled Chinese vegetables may bbe bought in Tachienlu and I believe the nomad fond of these. ity and the salted jars of pickles have some very high "passes {0 cross. However they get there by either luck or care or both and are greatly enjoyed by the husky Tibetan. merchants on the Roof the World, When travelling in the interfer we have on Joccasions been entertained by Chinese fofcials, Not expecting anything. extraordinary we were frequently surprised at the array of dishes: and when showing our surprise the kindly Chinese magistrate apologized for the very meagre repast.. Returning to Jour tents we requested our 'Tibetan boy to secure us some of that nice vegetable we had at the Chinese oMcial's dinner. Our boy scoured the istrict but "nothing, doing, and he quietly informed us' that ihat nice, sweet, vegetable docs not grow on, the Tibetan plateau,
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