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Title: Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet Year: 1909 (1900s) Authors: Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952 Subjects: Tibet (China) -- Description and travel Publisher: London : Macmillan and co., ltd. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: n was not unpleasant. Pundilies on a rocky ledge in a ravine; its abbot is eighty yearsold, and has eight monks under him. One was a China-man from Pekin, who had lived forty years in the conventand had become a thorough Tibetan, though he had notforgotten his mother tongue. From there, too, there is asplendid view over the lake. As we were about to ridedown to camp No. 222 on the shore, a messengercame from Robert with the news that the authorities inParka had refused to provide us with transport animalsor assist us in any way, for they had never heard thatwe were permitted to spend a whole month on the lake.He also said that our Ladakis were much frightenedby all kinds of stories of robbers which were current inthe neighbourhood, so that every one was anxious for mypresence. The camp was quite close to the monastery Langbo-nan, at the mouth of the Gyuma - chu. After we hadmeasured this river and ascertained that it discharged73.8 cubic feet of water, we had tracked up all the waters

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