Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . ays. The river flows all the way in a deep narrow canyonbetween scrub-covered mountains of red sandstone, withoccasional farms, hamlets and patches of cultivation in themouths of side ravines. The water is again a clear blue, thoughnot so deep a blue as the Yangtze. The river freezes later onin its quieter reaches, and can be crossed on the ice bridgeswhich form in this way; already blocks of ice are swirlingdown stream. We are again accompanied, somewhat against our wishe
Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . ays. The river flows all the way in a deep narrow canyonbetween scrub-covered mountains of red sandstone, withoccasional farms, hamlets and patches of cultivation in themouths of side ravines. The water is again a clear blue, thoughnot so deep a blue as the Yangtze. The river freezes later onin its quieter reaches, and can be crossed on the ice bridgeswhich form in this way; already blocks of ice are swirlingdown stream. We are again accompanied, somewhat against our wishes,by a few Chinese refugees, who, desiring to go to Yunnaninstead of Szechuan, did not therefore accompany GeneralLiu when the latter left with most of the Chinese for Batanga few days ago. Mr Rockhill crossed the river in this neighbourhood onhis return journey from Tibet to China; he was deflected bythe Tibetans to the south of Chamdo, and rejoined the mainBatang road at Bomde. December i. At YusHi. From the hamlet of Wayo we continued down the Mekongfor a few miles, and then ascended the mountain ridge on PLATE LI. MONASTERY AT TSAWA DZOGANG, THE CAPITAL OF TSAWARONG
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