. With the Tibetans in tent and temple; narrative of four years' residence on the Tibetan border, and of a journey into the far interior. ere. We thus attracted attention evenagainst our will, and it was with difficulty that we our-selves avoided being mobbed. Eelieved indeed we feltwhen we reached a miserable inn, which in our thoughtswas transformed almost into a palace, as it affordedus a haven of rest and safety from that brilliantlylighted festive street. It was a happy day for us when we reached Lancheo,the capital of Kansu, for we had looked forward to afew days respite in that city. Sh
. With the Tibetans in tent and temple; narrative of four years' residence on the Tibetan border, and of a journey into the far interior. ere. We thus attracted attention evenagainst our will, and it was with difficulty that we our-selves avoided being mobbed. Eelieved indeed we feltwhen we reached a miserable inn, which in our thoughtswas transformed almost into a palace, as it affordedus a haven of rest and safety from that brilliantlylighted festive street. It was a happy day for us when we reached Lancheo,the capital of Kansu, for we had looked forward to afew days respite in that city. Shortly after we hadtaken up quarters in an inn, Mr. Mason, of the ChinaInland Mission, came with a message from Mr. and , extending to us a pressing invitation to stopat their home. He had brought the mission cart totransport us, and we soon found ourselves enjoying thehospitality of the missionaries. At Lancheo we formedthe acquaintance of Mr. Wu, a Chinaman who hadstudied eight years in America, making a specialty oftelegraphy. He had been up in the new province super-intending the laying of telegraph lines, and in com-. BORDER TYPES. TO THE TIBETAN BORDER 23 party with his companions in Lancheo, was now return-ing to Peking. The day before we had arrived he hadentertained Messrs. Redfern and Mason at a feast in arestaurant^ where, of course, according to Chinese eti-quette, ladies could not be present. Wishing to enter-tain us all, he prepared a second feast, which was servedin the sitting-room of the mission house, so that theladies might with propriety attend. Everything, in-cluding dishes, was brought from the restaurant. Whileon the road we had had considerable practice in usingchopsticks, and we thoroughly enjoyed the food, whichwas dainty to the palate and artistic in our views regarding the use of wine as a bev-erage, Mr. Wu had provided delicious tea in elegantlydecorated covered china cups, and sweatmeats by wayof compensation. Chinese p
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