Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . BIG RIDING MULE FROM GONGBO IN SOUTH-EASTERN TIBET. NOMAD WOMAN OF GONJO AND PACK PONY, ILLUSTRATING TIBETANPACK SADDLE AND SKIN-COVERED BOXES USED FOR TRAVEL IN KAM X SMALL GAME 219 summer months (they hibernate in the winter). The travellersattention is constantly drawn to their presence because oftheir habit of sitting up on their hind legs in front of theirearths and whistling. There are probably several varieties of monkeys in EasternTibet. We saw them in their wild s
Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . BIG RIDING MULE FROM GONGBO IN SOUTH-EASTERN TIBET. NOMAD WOMAN OF GONJO AND PACK PONY, ILLUSTRATING TIBETANPACK SADDLE AND SKIN-COVERED BOXES USED FOR TRAVEL IN KAM X SMALL GAME 219 summer months (they hibernate in the winter). The travellersattention is constantly drawn to their presence because oftheir habit of sitting up on their hind legs in front of theirearths and whistling. There are probably several varieties of monkeys in EasternTibet. We saw them in their wild state on only one occasion,in a pine forest north-west of Chamdo at an elevation of over13,000 feet. At one time we had a tame monkey, bought forhalf a rupee on the Chamdo-De-ge border. He became sotame that he followed the caravan on foot like a dog. Black bears are common in the grass country; we saw onewith cubs in the summer. They are perhaps responsible forthe common story of the existence of hairy, wild men inTibet. That remarkable animal, the parti-coloured bear, orgiant panda, the skins of which can often be bought inChengtu in Szechuan, is not really a Tibetan
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