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Title: The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects
Year: 1874 (1870s)
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Subjects: Ornamental horticulture Horticulture Plants, Ornamental Gardening
Publisher: London : (Gardeners Chronicle)
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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ic example. Here the 230 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. (October 4, 1913. pastoral scene gives way to a landscapeof wild grandeur. The streams flow inclefts hundreds of feet deep, as may bejudged from the figures of the hunters inthe river bed. A journey of ten milesthrough the rocky water-course terminatesin a steep ascent, rising to an altitude of14,500 feet above sea level, from whichposition a view south such as is shown infig. 83 may be obtained. The Italian pro-verb says, See Naples and die; but atraveller arriving at this spot wishes not so narrow in the distance the cleft isactually ten miles wide. Over this pass reside the six turbulentTepo tribes, of great importance, becausethey are virtually the guardians of thisimportant pass and allow no intruderswho might wish to reach the sacred city ofLhasa. Any foreigner wishing to visitthese tribes at home can only do so bybecoming personally friendly with theirchiefs and gaining their trust. They comeunder the Chone jurisdiction, and are
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(Photograph by W. Im Fig. 84.—Tibetan village near chapa monastery. to die, but to live there for ever. Ridgeafter ridge stretches away to the horizon,capped in many instances by eternalsnows, while the clouds brooding overthese giant summits lend splendour to asublime picture. This immense range forms a naturalbarrier, which can only be crossed inthree places, one being the famous stonegate. Viewed from the moun-tains in Chinese territory forty milesaway, this gap appears as a narrow wedgecut out of the range. Though it appears rougher and hardier than the averageborderman. The only people met with in these wildand solitary surroundings are a fewhunters with occasional pilgrims passingthrough to the Chone Lamasery. Heavygoods are carried on yak, much surer-footed animals than mules or ponies, andbetter suited for travelling in highaltitudes. The flora of the western part of this dis-trict proved very similar to that ofNorthern Szechuan, though, owing to its geographical position, m

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