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Today at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m.

Manila Vaudeville Co.

and

MARY PHILBIN

The "Merry-Go-Round" Girl

in

TIBET'S BOTANY.

A Paradise of Flowers.

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Despite very unfavourable wan- ther, we have bad a successful)

Wo reached our base of operations, within sight of the great snow spiro of Namcha Barwa (nearly 26,000ft.) in May.

Gold last par Tat

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4 70 endless sand dunes and porpotus)} ↑ 4/4. Bzdurgand Male-urna- 2/42 sand blast, it was a relief to roach real forest again. Tho hillsides wore a blaze of pink, purple and yellow Rhododendron and bofore long the woode wero full of skyblue poppies and orange primulas. Still later the meadows! became a warring, sea of violot Iris and canary colour primula the latior growing four foot high -which scented the valloys: while in the Alpine region) ernormous sulphur poppies, pale blus poppies, navy blus poppios enla and a wonderful satin Ivory Karope coloured poppy, boblet on surf Papa Loi don 1st Jan)

dwarf crushed strawberry Japa coloured Rhododendron. It was a paradise of flowers.

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In June wo paid our first visit to the castorn Himalaya, under the shadow of the great peak.

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the snow we were compelled to Austr & Manila. camp low down at about 11,000 Australia & Vamis ft., but from horo wo managed to 0.3 A., Canada Japan Shanghai cross the Doshong La, 13,500 feet, and oven to descend through doop! soft snow, a fow miles down the south-eastorn face of the Himar to alays. This brought us into Pornake, the "promised land" of the Tibetans, botter known as the Abor Hills. It is at ally -rate the promised land of

the botanist. The Rhododon-1

dal. dróns were, magnificent and Biotkok bewildering from trees 40 or 50 even !fect high to

tiny creeping bi

traits Ceylon. tiphong Paigon plants not rising an inch above

India Magritius 5 & 5. Africa, the rocks, but so crowded with

Adon & Europe via Marguilles Jurgo trumpet flowers of flaming) scarlat as to be visible a mito

away.

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Second only to the Rhodot-low, may & Formoss endrons in bonuty wero the primulas of which we found a dozen new species on the Dow hong La alone. Thero swamps-Ternako is all swamp and jungle carpeted with prim- violet olas of many colours. cherry, rod, gamboge, turquoiso Many of these plants are not unly of botanical interest, but of great horticultural valu.

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In July we reconnoitred the watow Arey Hoochow entrance to the Tsangpo Ourke, near Gynia. The river

• As in fall load, and where it passes Namcha Barwa, was an amazing sight. The gradient is extra- ordinarily sleep, and the rivor-bod Vari. · bonghai "Uspen Honolula blocked with boulders as big as houses. Great waves loap 20 foot into the air, ane for milos | Thanghi the turmoil is more like an angry sea than a river.

IN HIGH ALTITUDES. In Juy we again visited the Himalaya and roached tho summit of the Nam La, the inost Oastern pasa Over the range, about 17,000 fort high. Wo found the pass occupied by a glacier, or rather by a snowfield which feeds a glacier! on either side. We were unable! to move aur camp across indood,

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The anticyclone has strong-

to the top. So we did not again 18,000 foot. We are now in camp, visit Pornako. The route to the collecting seeds of our trophies. thened considerably and spread Nam La over the great moraines The weather continues bad-southward.

Strong monsoon may be or

Hongkong rainfall for the 24

ENTERTAINMENTS.

Prodused by

Tho Loochooa depression has of vanished and shrinking heavy showers of rain and florco glaciers, is rather arduous, as ia ballstorms day after day. When deopened and moved to south of the final ascent up a stoop snow its fine there is spread before us Tokyo.

Tho foco, in which wo nauk to ourļa marvellous panorama. knes, the now at this sonson whole glittering range of snow being ory aft. At the foot of peaks at the northeast end of the pected along the coast of China and over the northern portion of the Nam La we found a fiue Himalaya, rises before us, at a glacier lake about six miles distance of six miles, and tower-tho N. China Sos. round. The pass is little used. ing above all. like a church steeple

In August we travelled north-above cottage roofs, the white hours ending at 10 a.m. to-day, wards through Kong-bo, over the spire of Namcha Barwa. Opposite 1.03 inch. Total since January and continuing Gorth 1st, 4.33 inchos, against an Frost nowy Tuangpo-Sal woon it, divido, through

is Oyala Pori, 23,460 average of 1.36 inches. A beautiful wards country of lakes, glaciere, foreste foot The range appeare continu- and flowery Alpin meadows (lous but botwoon these two continel wo reached the southern Lhasa-peaks, three miles from us but China road, and the barren wind 5,000 foot below, tho Tsangpo swept platonu ondo mora With forces its way in a gorge 10,000 in a woek wo aroused three feet deep, Such is this wonderful 1 Formosa Channel panees of over 17,000 foot, and on rivor. Wo, oxpect to be back in ? South August 30 experienced a heavy India about the end of Fobruary. fall of snow. Following the Lhasa road westwards for a few days, wo reached tho hoad- wators of the Gyanda rivor and followed it down to the Tsangpo

WEATHER REPORT.

Jan. 30d 12h. 00m.-Pressure reaching our baso in the middle has increased considerably over of September. Thore had been China and decreases considerably heavy floats in the north also over contral Japan. It is nearly and the fino Gyanda bridges stationary over the Philippines. have been carried away.

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During this trip we made an in- toreating collection of high level

FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.

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Rock.

4 Bouth Cast of China between H.K. & Hainan

fino.

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