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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 20, 1924.
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Calico Tents at 8,000 ft. From Batang to Kanze the main in North China by bandits, and who road lay shrough Tibetan territory, accompanied Brigadier General but, as permission to travel along Pereira on his last tragic exhibition this road was refused by the Tibe delivered an intensely interesting tans, some other means of getting across had to be found and, with lecture on his experiences.
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His story was a thrilling one of the help of missionaries who had been of service to a Princess of a hardships, dangers, and tragedy through the death of General tribe, the two travellers successfully Pereira, who is will be remembered, negotiated with them to
them across their country. Cam- was in Hongkong just before com-
ping had not been anticipated, and mencing his last expedition
Sir-Cland Severn occupied the the hastily contrived tents of thin chair and the Hall was led to its Chinese calico were poor protection fallest extent, many being unable from the severe weather experienced. Batang is 6,000 ft above sca lovel to gain admittance.
Dr. Thompson said he left Yun- but the country between Batang and naniu with General Pereira on July Kante is mostly much higher pla- 17th last, intending to travel along tean land averaging 13,000 to 14,000 Filtsen daya were the Tibetan border and to Peking, feet elevation The journey was mapped out in spent in crossing this bleak coun Ave sections. In the first the tra- try. snow falling almost every day, Fuel vellers mosty encountered Chinese with an occasional blizzard. and tribespeople, the latter forming was difficult to obtait, and what more than half of the population of little could be got consisted of yak Yuntan and for the most part being dang, with a little brushwood, the composed of Maw, List, Lolo and result being that even the Chinese Mish The route followed by Mr. cook falied under this severe-test. Wetherbe was avoided because of and the dishes be produced were reports of brigands and when they almost uneatable. This high table- arrived at Lakiang they heard of land country is the source of a Mr. Wetherbe's capture. They con- number of the smaller rivers which suited various oficials and did their flow into the Yangtze and had never best to help him, but it was not until before been crossed by Europeans arrival at Batang that they had. The country is populated by nomad move from news of his remarkable escape, tribes who constanty The route taken from Yuanaafn to place to place in discovery of fresh Liking lay through the city of grazing ground, for their yak and Yungpeh and the Yangtze was twice sheep The Washih people are i crossed first by ferry and next by Tibetan tribe and, like all Tibetans, a suspension bridge, believed to be have an aversion to any one poster for although the General became living being was seen for several the doctor refused to take any but the only bridge spanning the Yangtze sing a photograph of them or any
article of theirs lest the owner be more easy about midnight and days, yet all the time, there was the foreign food, knowing that this" in its entire course,
den change then occurred and at feeling that they were being watched, could only be secured by sending bewitched. He therefore had great
1.15 am he passed away... Sixteen and that every movement was in to Paotao. After 21 hours' Tibetans carried the can to the known. After three days journey, discussion, the bandits agreed to About four days before arriving save and so he was buried under they arrived at a camping place by this request, and the doctor wrote the shadow of a great Tibetan a stream, and bad pitched their tents, his letter asking for food and also maletes, Laling is the ukl Hosu at Kanze treneral Pereira was taken Laudasery at Kanze, in view of the when two Golok mounted men ap giving information as to his condi- capital From there they pressed on ill bat managed to keep going, and
crest of a hill tion and whereabouts, and how he to Aruntze Yakale and Batang, Dr. Thompson was hopeful that one of snow covered mountains peared over the
They had come to take a look at might be recognized at a somewhat crossing from
A Remarkable Escape. the watershed of arriving at Kanze
the party, but as soon as one of the warm Tibetan
He thought that if the Chinese the Yangtze to that of the Mekong lower level and in a
Dr. Thompson now found himself doctor's men moved out of camp to -the two rivers being separated house instead of the thin tent he
in a curious position on the borders question them they instantly disap would only keep up pressure, be The would speedily TECGTCT. About ly by two days' journey.
of escaping Crest, A few might find a chance Mekong valley differs from that of 11.30 o'clock on the last day's journey of Tibet, with one comrade deal, the peared over
come now minutes later two more horsemen The doctor's Chinese boy was select the Yangtze in that it lies in what Dr. Thompson was informed by one road by which he had may be called a deep cheft of rock of the men that the General bad impassable and a long and difficult appeared mound the spar of the hilled as the first messenger, and before The march from only to disappear under similar he left Dr. Thompson whispered to the journey ahead relapsed and was lying on formation
Kauze to Lanchow had been planned circumstances Dr. A particularly virulent form of ground half a mile to the rear. INVIGORATING manifests itself in that valley Thompson immediately went back so as to strike due north to the
und did when the party
were and found that the Genert had nut Yellow River, across the Golok coun- 626 traversing very difficult country. At fallen, but had dismounted and was y, inhabited by the Gulok tribe, advised Dr.-
that time the road was only about bring on the ground They were reputed to be the
a half miles amongst all Tibetans A: Kanze, accompany them for, said they food arriving. Dr. Thompson sug- 1 to 16 inches wide with the river then only three and
from Kanze. The doctor tended Dr. Thompson managed to secure no rubber would attempt to attack gested that the brigards should take
him to some place were at the foot of a steep decirvity.
there might the roadside, the service of a Mohammedian trader a caravan accompanied by Lamas.
be a foreign mission.. . Following up the valley of the him for two hours
who had already crossed the fiolok Permission WALK given, and the
Fearing that Dr. Thompson was Mekong, and passing Atuntze, the and he then became easier
promptly Webb 10 2 party once more crossed into the managed to meant his pony. The country, and he found that the route drivers Yangtze watershed finding the party then carefully and slowly made due north was entirely blocked by Lamasery in the neighbourhood and going to die. the brigands agreed, going on be procured four of the most villainous and went with him to the Belgian Roman Catholic Mission at Ta whole of this part of the country is way for two miles down to the Gghting which was
Moor. A coracle ferry had to be tween the Golok and Seta nomads looking Lamas imaginable.
The Catholic Priest therm Tibetans populated by
though river. nominally under Chinese control used and with considerable difficulty The traveller accordingly set off in special duty was to sit outside the was exceedingly kind, and Dr. was crossed a southeasterly direction, turning doctor's tent each night and keep. Thompson expressed gratitude for The river Mekong was crossed and and delay, the river re-crossed by means of rope bridges. Dr. Thompson then rigged up a camp due north after four days' journey up a tremendous bowl, an intima the help given him. The Priest did A bamboo rope is stretched between bed with poles to form a stretcher and so avoiding the distarbed coun- tion to robbers whom it might con. his best to negotiate with the rob
was crossing try. The main difficulty in crossing ceru that someone was on the watch. two posts and a slider is used, the ad while transport passenger being trussed up with a the General bad a good reat. An this country was one of transport. In this way the party passed safely bera, whose terms for release were: leather thong and fastened to it. attempt was made to get people to Most of the territory is grass land through the Golok country, and 1,000- rifes, four He is then pushed off into space carry the bed for the remaining and not agricultural In one section eventually reached old Tanchao, and $100,000 and admission to the army, and whirled at a great pace over mile and a quarter to Kanze, but there were rumours of an impend so to Lanchew.
Held By Brigands. the yak ing attack by Golok robbers. Four neitlier passers-by nor
a priest captivity with another the baming river.
From Lanthow the journey was band of robbers, but that night the At Yakalo, they requested permis drivers of the party would touch the armed Colok tribesmen who were sion to travel to Batang just inside bed upon which the sick man lay. friendly with the sak drivers met continued by cart. At Paot' nochen the Tibetan frontier, the whole at Very reluctantly the conclusion was the party and gave information Dr. Thompson had the misfortune to bribe the doctor's guards, who this part of Tibet being wonderfully arrived at that the only way to that a band of robbers were wait to encounter a band of tufri, com came to him and helped him to get of ex-Chinese soldiers. away. Travelling through the night, peaceful and free from brigadds, reach Kanze would be for the Gene- ing in the valley. The caravan posed whereas on the Chinese side bri ral once more to be helped on to accordingly turned aside into a Mongols and non-descript robbers. Dr. Thompson crossed the Yellow gands abound and constantly attack his pony, and thus very slowly the ravine, and niter camping there He was compelled to career about River over caravans along the route Permis texa was reached. The doctor bad quietly for 24 hours went on under the country with them for eight Paotao next day, thence going to sion was refused by the Tibetan seat a Tibetan boy ahead to and coter of night, passing the robbers days, but at last managed to get Peking
away. The first difficulty was that
Results of the Journey authorities and the party therefore shelter and prepare a camp bed and camp without discovery.
of getting in touch with the Chinese After the death of followed the old Chinese route to hot water, and all was ready when
This part of the country was most authorities and giving them informa Pereira, the doctor determined to Batang which was reached 5 days the party arrived in the evening
(Continued on Page 3.). after leaving Yunnania. Although The relief came too late, however, weird, said Dr. Thompson. Not a tion, and with that purpose in view,
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