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WILKINSON'S
TANSAN
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY," NOVEMBER 29TH, 1924
The Ideal Drink in the Hot Weather'
THE ABSOLUTE PURITY
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CAPT. KINGDON WARD (AND) LORD CAWDOR.
The Englishman (Calcutta) recently received news from, Caps, Kingdon Ward, F.R.G.S.. who in company with. Lord Cawdor is engaged in a horticultural and botanical expedition in Tibet. In respons to the request of the Tibetan Government, they have no frearms with them of any description. Capt. Kingdon Ward writes:
Despite very unfavourable weather, we
WILKINSON'S TANSAN have had a leirmatul season. We rench.
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EBLOXX,19,QUA? VAN DICK, ANTMENT
ARFELLOUS
ed our base of operations, within sight of the great snow spiré of Nancha Barwa (nearly 28,000ft.) in Mag. We were now close to the great gorges to the Tsangpo after the drycess of the upper river with its endless sand dunes and perpetual sand blast, it was a relief to reach real forest again. "The hillsides were a blaze of pink, purple and yellow Rhododendron, and before long the woods were full of sky-blue poppies and orange primulas. Still later the meadows Ge came a warring sea of vialet Iris sad canary coloured priola-the latter grow. ing four feet high-which scented the valleya; while in the Alpine region enar- mous sulphur poppies,, pale blue poppies. navy blue poppies had a wonderful satin ivory coloured puppy, bobbed on surf of dwarf crushed strawberry coloured Rhododendron. It was a Paradim of Howers.
A PARADISE OF FLOWERS.
In June we paid our first visit to the eastern Himalaya, under the shadow of the great peak Namcha Barwa. On ac- count of the snow we were compelled to. camp low down. at about 11,000 ft., but from here we managed to cross the Dushong La, 13,500 feet, and wen to des cend through deep soft snow, a few miles down, the south-eastern face of the Himalaya. This brought us into Per- nako, the promised land" of the Tibetans. better known, as the Abor Hills. It is at any rate the promised land of the botanist. The Rhododendrons„were magnificent and bewildering from trees 40 or 30 feet high to tiny creeping plants "not rising an inch above the rocks, but so crowded with large trumpet Blowers of flaming scarlet as to be visible a mile. away. We found also a bush Rhododen dron with beautiful orange flowers, the "rarest of all colours in the genus.
Second only to the Rhododendrons in beaury were the primulas of which wa found a dozen new'species on the Doshong La alone. There were swamps--Pernako is all swamp and jungle-carpeted with primulas of many colours. violet, cherry, red gamboge, turquoise. Many of these plants are not only of botanical interest. but of great horticultural value.
In July we reconnaitred the entrance to the Tsangpo Golpe near Gyala The river was in full flood, and where it passes Namcha Barwa, was an amazing sight. The gradient is extra-ordinarily steep, and the river-bed blocked with boulders as big as houses. "Great Waves leap 20 feet into the air, and for Res the turmoil is more like at angry bea than a river.
In July we again visited the Himalaya and reached the summit of the Nam La, the most eastern pasa over the range, about 17,000 feet high. We found the pass occupied by a glacier, or rather by a snowfield which feeds a glacier on either side. We were unable to move our damp-across-indeed, no native would ac eGrapany as to the top. So we did not again visit Pernako. The route to the Nam La over the great. moraines of vanished and shrinking glaciers is rather arduous, as is the final ascent up a steep BROW face in which we sank to our knees the snow at this season being very soft. At the foot of the Nam La wa found a fine glacier lake about six miles round. The pass is little used.
In August we travelled northwards through Kongbo, over the great snowy Tsangpo-Salween divide. through a beau tiful country of lakes, glaciers, foresta and flowery Alpin meadows till we reach ed the southern Lhasa-China 'road, and the barren wind swept «plateau once more. Within a week we crossed three passes of ever. 17,000 feet, and on August 30th experienced a heavy fall of snow. Following the Lhasa rouil westwards for few days, we reached the headwaters of the Gyamda river and followed it down to the Tsangpc reaching our base in the middle of September. There had been heavy floods in the north also and the âne Gyanda bridge have been carried
away.
A 10,000 FEET DELT GORGE.
During this trip we have made interest-
ing collections of high level plants from
now
between 10,000 and 18,000 feet. “We are in camp, collecting serds of puri kros phies. The weather continues bad--beavy showers of pain and feree häil-storms. day after day. When it is fine there is spread before us a marvellous panorama. The whole glittering range of snow peaks at the north-east end of Himalaya, rises
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towering above sit like a church steeple above cottage roofs, the white spire of Nameha Burwa. Opposite it, and con- tinuing "the arc northwards "is · Uyala Peri
20,180 feet. The range appears continuous but between, these two sentinel peaks, three miles from ús but 5,000 feet. below, the Tsangpo forces its way in a gorge 10,000 feet deep. Such is this won: derful river. We expect to be hack in India about the end of Febonary
EXPLORER, KILLED, BY LION.
Bonners have brought details to Nairobi from the Uganda-Congo border beyond Lake Victoria relating to Mr. P. D. Van Watterville, a naturalist, savant and notable hunter, who was collecting specimens for the Berne-Museum Accompanied by his daughter, he Was seeking a white rhinoceros when he was attacked by a lion. He was terribly. Uvented his being carried off. He died mauled and only the natives' spears. pre-
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