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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: hould come to Raga-tasam, where we encamped lastyear and stayed a week. Camp 391 was, then, the lastwhere we could still feel at ease, for we had seen no livingbeing all day long, and had no neighbours. Here, then,we must arrange some fresh safeguards. We must sort out from our already scanty baggage allarticles that might excite suspicion, as, for example, thesmall padded leather box in which the theodolite waspacked ; for the future it would be rolled with its innerwooden case in my bed. Further, the hypsometersleather case and the actinometer, which probably wouldnever be used again. Whatever was combustible was tobe thrown into the fire and the rest buried. A couple ofrugs of cam.els wool were also to be discarded. To begin with, we must make a change in our housingarrangements. I was to sleep for the last time in my oldweather-beaten tent, where our chief, Abdul Kerim, washenceforth to set up his quarters and receive guests. Forme a compartment of about 2 square yards, not larger

Text Appearing After Image: 334- Tibetans with Yaks.

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