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DR. SVEN HEDIN.
HIS SECOND JOURNEY IN TRUBKT,
The Times correspondent at Simia is sondy ing to that journal an interesting narrative of Dr. Sven Hedin's recent explorations. Details of his discoveries on his first jouroay have at ready been published, but the story of his | second' journey, beginning on Doc..."1907, remains to be told.
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cted contemptuously, "Redio Sahib, who was sent back last yaar, is in your caravan He bas-come back to do what he was forbids dea to de last year. Write and sign a state- ment that no European is with you and take the responsibility.", Thond were the cart. re- plios given to Abdul Karim's protestations. The Thibalans were encamped, within a few yards of Dr. Svan Hedia's tept. The Ladatbiz expressed a fear that he would be killed and suggested an escape, with the instruments and records, in the darkness,
The Thibetans and Chinese authorities being fully alert, strategy alone could make posible. A panic threatened, and Dr. Sven Hedin any fresh exploration. · An entirely fresh care. realised that the time had come boldly to des van was organised at Leb, in Kashmir, while clare himself. He went straight to the Thibe the traveller balted at Durgu. This prevented tan camp fire and seated himself between two Any possible recognition by old attendants. Chicls whom he knew, asking whether they The report was industriossly spread that the recognised him. Surprise kept them silent for carry a would follow the rover to Peking a moment, but sodo the chiols, polite but ahy,, thru Khotan, and the story was believed losisted that he must go and see the Governor by the Taibetan spies, 1 he curavan, consistat Sakadzong.. Dr. Sven Hedin refused saying ing of 11. men with 40 animals, and three that he had accomplished the object of his months' supply of provisions, started north, but journey in spite of the probibition of the pre- two days short of the Karakoram Pass turned vious year, and he would proceed to Darjiling. dup cast
A mutual agreeinést way reached, that he should meet the Governor at Semicky, All proceeded there next day, April 14,
-The Governor inquired the object of his return con- trary to orders, and suggested that Europeans visited Thibat in soarch of gold, though the country was poor... He konw Di Sven Hedio was a friend of the Tashi Lama, and therefore welcomed him, but the standing instructions of Lhassa bad to be obeyed.
HARDSHIPS OF THE JOURNEY, The explorer immediately began to encoun- fer bardships. Show fell continuously and the animals began to die, but the Aksai Chis"Lake | was reached in January. There a connection was established with the 'observations made for & map on the first journey. Thereafter the difficulties increased; snow fell day and night, and the road became obliterated. The caravan was in terrible straits, and it seemed hopeless It appeared that the Chinose mandario sta to expect to survive. The lowest temperature, tioned at Mingri, on the Nepil irontier, with -39.1 Centigrade, was registered on Jan., 15..200 soldiers, had orders not only to forbid Dr. Svea Hedin's feet were partly frozen, and all the sheep taken with them for food died. Eventually the party reached Shementar, where Rawling had been. No sign of life?) had been seen for 61 days, but friendly nomad hunters now provided the expedition with antelope and sheep. A march of zo days to the east-south. east followed, Lemehang Lake being passed, Several goldfields were seen on this section of the route, but they were deserted, as the miners
only work during the summer. Evidence of water channels for washing the gold out of the
earth proved that the industry was carried on
on a fairly large scale between latitudes 3a and 131. It is reported that a regular staff of Thibet-
na officials controls the mines.".
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Europeans to enter Thibet, but to stop Gurkhas and other persons, and in case of re-
fatal or resistance the Chipers soldiers would turn them out. Dr. Sven Hedin saw the signifi. cance of these orders, for Miogri,was the scene of a battle in which the Chinese had defeated the Gorkhas and invaded Nepal. Now they evidently regard it as the principal entrance from Nepal to Thibet. Further conversation" showed that the Chinese and Lhassa are more'
than ever determined to keep Thibet closed, especially to Europaans. The Thibetans are
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A point had now been reached where plunge into the unknown had to be made. De Sven Hedin had so far travelled in European dress and furs, but at this stage everything" indicating the nationality of the wearer' was burned with the boxes containing the obier-attendants and an armed escort on thoroughly vation instruments. The latter, with the money, Raud terms. Toe caravan having beca pro- were bidden in bags of rice. The traveller visioned, he saw a chance of farther exploration assumed the guise of a common Ladakhi
in the Eongba province. He travelled due painted his hands and face daily a dark colour, north, crossing a pass of 19,050 feet in the Great 8.45 p.m. and 9 p.m., 9.45 pm. to 11.15 pm passage, &c., in connection with above." nod whenever nomads were met drove the bag Range, and made for Lake Tederam, the exist. gage and sheep as the inferior servant of the ence of which Nain Singh, reported in 1873, it nominal head of caravan, Abdul Karim, a real name being Terepam. He found the lake trustworthy, man familiar with Thibe. Dr. to be long, carrow, and salt, and entirely differ- Svea Rodin assumed the name of Haji Baba, cal from its representation on the map The appearance of Ladakhis in the winter aroused constant suspicion, but the story was told that a Ladakhi chief wished to buy wool in the summer and send thousands of sheep to the grazing ground. The nomads frequently asserted that a European was in the caravan, bat discovery was always prevented. The un- known tract ended at Tongtso, just north of latitude 32, where the routes of Nainingh, Littledale, and Sven Hedin himself in, 193 crossed, thus establishing fresh connection with past mapping, Dr. Sven-Hedin then went along the northern edge of the great-tract-be-steal vame is Ngoan.laringiso, and there tween latitude 30 and 32, stretching from his are five islands. The shape given in the maps is wrong, as it runs cast and west and is inter old route to the Brahmaputra, which was the Krent object of his journey. He marched dus sected by three rivers. The explorer crossed the Buch, pasting the enormous ice mountain of Great Range for the tenth time, aud reached Sha angsham on the east,' from which flowed Mapsorawar on July 26, and thence by known the big river, Thence he went over the Ladang roads made his way to Simla. piss into the open valley, and the Bongba pro- |_vince, which....no European, has ever entered and whose name is almost unknown, lay open before him,
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NARROW ESCAPE FROM DETECTION, Precautions were here redoubled, as the en campments were constantly watched by Thibet. aps, who were always spying. Dr. Sven Hedio, dressed as a sheep "driver, evaded suspicion, but his position became suddenly critical as a rich old merchant from Lhassa, who controls the whole of the wool trade, grew suspicious and sent word to the Governor, Dr. Sven Heilin was nearly detected making barometric observations, but he saved himself by rusoiog towards the bills, pretending to search for a strayed caravan of animals. The Governor failed to appear, and the march was diverted to the mountainous conpiry.
He then turned westward and visited the Mending temple, situated on the bank of the Somathangpe, the largest river in Thibet, with- pa outlet to the ocean. He failed to meet the malo body of the caravan, but travelled in1 -Thibefan dres, quite unmolested, by a route- west-south-west, Crossing a range; 20,000-feet high, he reached Kbala, shown on the maps as a great peak, but really a pass in a high range ruening from the main system. He then came to Ghalaringtso, which is described in the Company's Offco, ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS HAVE just received a Fresh Assortment
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GEOGRAPHICAL RESULTS. Geographically the iwo explorations are_of the highest value. The bland space north and south of the inland lake region has been tra versed and the mystery of Boogba has been solved. Bongba, though one of the greatest provinces of Thibet, has never before been visted by Europeans. The new map of Thibet will be of goo sheets, which proves the: extent of the exploration. All the heights of the passes, the river crossings, and the encamp. ments are recorded; a hundred, astronomical points have been fixed; several thousand panoramas have been taken, with compass bearings and names. Dr. Sven Hedio has brought back photographs, pencil drawings, and water colours, Meteorological observa tibns were made three times daily, and the ex- plorer has geological specimens, with the dip H.M, KING Edward vii,"and) Dr. Sven Hedio then discovered ·Laks and fall of the rocks, from 1,2:0 different points Chuaitso, following the west shore for a whole | The total length of his jjurneys. was 4,000 day. There he saw caravans of sheep carrying miles. There are practically now no fresh dis- sult, and first heard of the great sali lake of ¦ coveries left lo' the heart of Thibit, Tabia Tsakba, which is a source of consider able wealth to the Government, the salt being exported in large quantities east and south, also into Nepal.
THE EXPLORER ON HIS ACHIEVEMENTS. Dr. Sven Hedin'sums up the results of his explorations as follows:-,
My great discoveries are:-First, the true Two more roages were crimed, and then the 'sources of the Brahmaputra and Indus, and the opas plaid was reached, bounded southwards "genetic source of the Sulley east of ManSOFA- by that great mountain range, 3,050 miles long,, war Lake. Secondly, the expirration of Bongbu, which stretches east and west. Dr. Sven Hedin' which Í traversed twice by different routes. Bot. - was rewarded by discovering the continuity of the greatest of all in the discovery of that con- the chain. When lewing Lod«kh the explorer tinusus mountain chain which, taken a whole, thought that he would be satisfied with explor is the most massive range on the crust of the ing Boogba and testing the continuity of the ¦ caíth, its average height, above sea level, being ange, afterwards reaching lodia via Nepal or greater than that of the Himalayas. Its peaks Shigatse, but the success gained stimulated him are 4,900 ft. to 5,000 ft. lower than Everest, to solve the problem of Chartatsango, a big-bu: its passes avera,8′3,000 st, higher than the affluent of the Brahmaputra, He found that its | Himalayan passes. The eastern and western course had been wrongly marked on the maps, || parts were known before; bot the central and Chartatsango is fed from the huge snow peaks, highest part is in Bongbs, which was previous. a lake being formed whence the river reaches ly unexplored. Not a tree or a bush, covers
the Brahmaputra,
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it; there are no deep-cul valleys, as in the Himalayas, for rain is scanty. The absolute
- fù a further long telegram the correspondent ¦ heights romain to be calculated from observa,
tions made on the ten passes which I crossed. continues his narrative :—
Jowanying onwards, Dr. Svep Hedin found ¦ - There is no doubt that' this is a correct, himself at last involved in difficulties' with the ¦ sitimate of Dr. Sven Hedin's greatest discovery, Thibetan officiali. "While he was making the | which will excite the higheit interest of geo-
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