...themselves wives of the country, there must be a certain admixture of races, particularly on tho main route to Lhasa, where there are a few Chinese stationed at each of tho rest-houses ; but the children seem to grow up thoroughly Tibetan, and travelling through the country...

...in volume and power, they develop into the mighty Yang-tee- Kiang, and Mekong, and having cross.ec! China and Indo-China, end their courses in the sea....a taste for trading is strongly developed, and all arc ever ready to seize an opportunity for making money. The higher officials more particularly devote...

...themselves wives of the country, there must be a certain admixture of races, particularly on the main route to Lhasa, where there are a few Chinese stationed...the children seem to grow up thoroughly Tibetan, and travelling through the country one docs not see any people having the aspect of half-breeds, though...