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must interesting and most dangerous portion | personally were worthy specimens of that great JOHN of the journey, the march through the centre orm of the Russian Empire which amidst ovil of Tibet to the town of Leh; on the borders of and good report has ever been distinguished by Kashmir, to which this Wostern portion of fidelity to the Trur. Tibet proper forms an appanuge.

Dr. Hedin does not forget to mention his The plan devised was to march with the entire gratitude for the faithful service and unflinching caravan as far as the Tangla mountains in Lat trust roposed in him by his humble attendants. 33 degrees. Thore Dr. Hedin intended to helt It is probable that their attendance was inter- After spending his first year, ahnost to a day, the caravan, and taking one or two of his preted by the Tibetans us indicating a political Cossacks, as well as a Lana whom he had mission in the expedition, and so may have in the hydrographic exploration of the great induced to accompany him, and who followed indirectly led to some misapprehensions when the basin of the Tarim, on the 30th June, 1900. Dr. him faithfully through all the wratures of this Indian Government ought to mest z daly Hedin commenced his topographical explore.lattor journey, to make a dash for Llussa, accredited anyoy from Lhassa. The days of tion of the equally remarkable highland plateau The plan was well conceived; but scantily populat. exclusion are, however, now practically past, and ed as is this entire of northern Tibet. thehierarchy for good or evil Tibet car no longer coutinne at Llussa seemed to have been well informed to be the one szeption in the mintual inter- of all the movements of the caravan. On conre of the nations.

T. W. K. arriving at the boundary of the Lhassa district. they were met by the governor of the Naklehe provines with a high larm. who politely informed them that express orders had com from the Dalai Lama that they were to be escorted back wider guard by the road they hadk 020 The travellers did their hout by trying to magnify the strength of the caravan and throwing out hints of political esmplications to art on the fears of the governor, but in vain. The Tibetans had received reports of the progress of the caravan, and though they had no plants to make of misendnet, still they bud to carry out their instructions. It must la, confused that the governor proved himself augt in diplomacy. The rar perverly qual straightforward. was willing to give and accept hospitality, and

of North-western Tibet. And here the narra- tive has in addition to its scientific value un interest from the light it throws on the political conditions of these regions, at pre- sent neempying a considerable space in men's minds, Captains Wellby and Deasy, Messes, Bonvalot and Littledale, and along their northern slopes the late Colonel Prejeval sky, as well as Dr. Hodin himself in his previous explorations. have thrown much light on these doubly inhospitable regions, where nat only Nature assumes its most unfriendly aspect. at is aided by the exclusiveness of man. From ancient Parthis as for cast an the Pacific coast of Japan, the exclusion of their fellow man las ever been the political eroal of Asiatic king dems. In the times of the Roman Empire Parthia offered an effectual barrier, which neither the Chinese Hans from the east, nor the Roman and Greek traders fromthe west, were able to marmount. The maritimo commeren of those early days further east them the Gulf of Cutch and Ceylon at all events was in the hands of the Arabis of Sabaza, who equally threw obsteoles in the way of opening" the Far East. The removal of these obstacles has been the cherished work of the nineteenth century just clapsed, and it may be said that practically but one. that offered by Tibot, has survived the

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Naturally a dependent of British India, which by the fores of circumstances has been palaavoided in this long journey the routes previously mount in the ancient state of Kashmir the Government of Calcutta was well enough disposed to permit Lirassa to maintain its In the 17th century cherishod exclusiveness. Lhassa had heen so far conquered by Chine that it was compelled to receive a Chinese

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Se matters might have rested without any sory serious attempt to interfere with this slatus quo, but that Russia. ever ambitious of causing uneasiness amongst her neighbours. commoned to intrigue at Lhasa: the opportu, nity being taken of certain Bariat Lamas who owed spiritual allegiance to Lhasas visiting that city to suggest that in Russia they would find a friend, who for vertain considerations would support them in their exclusion of England. The challenge thus thrown down the Indian Government found it necessary SKIN AND BLOOD DISEASES to take up and the result has been the

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Mission. At the same time, in the interests of science Dr. Sven Hedin was planning his second explore tion in these wild regions. It is not neces sary to point out that Dr. Medin in no way sought to be involval in the political questions at issue, while at the same time he was not untat urally ambitions of being the first European to enter the forbidden city. The Tsar openly took a personal interest in the scientific results of the journey, as did likewise King Oscar of Sweden and the Viceroy of India. himself an old explorer in Central Asia. The expedition into Tibet thus started under the most favour abla auspices, whilst its leader took every op- portunity to divest it of every political feature. With a people like the Tibetans jealone to an extreme of all western influence whatever, the plea of Dr. Hedin that he was a Sweste and had no leanings, Russian or English, did not seem consistent. Bussia they know, and England they knew, but of Sweden they had no know, ledge whatever. All they recognised was that certain outsiders were desirous of entering the BORES OF ALL KINDS holy city of Lhassa, and that they were deter

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