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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 After Image: ^^:S^-L.^j^^. FKOM THli KlNLHEN-T.A, .MAV 23, I907 [cf. IlllSketches by the Author. r\ XXXVII TARGO-GANGRI & THE SHURU-TSO 27 So far we can let you go, but not a step farther; if youattempt it, we have orders to fire on you. They read the passport from Shigatse, and affirmedthat the words therein, on the direct way to Ladak, didnot mean that we had permission to make all sorts ofdetours, and, above all, we might not go to the Dangra-yum-tso, which is holy and is in the territory of Lhasa.Gaw Daloi had given orders that he should be informeddaily which way we were travelling. If they did not obeythis order they would lose their heads. It was evident,then, that I should have to give up the Dangra-yum-tsofor the third time, and just when I was only two shortdays march from it. The outline of the mountain stood out sharp and whitein the moonshine against the blue-black starry sky. Thenext day there was a storm, and not even the foot of Targo-gangri was visible, much less the icy-cold

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