Adventure, sport and travel on the Tibetan steppes . ace, were enough to make the hair stand on a timidmans head, but I saw no one more ugly than my informantsand certainh none that looked more like outlaws, for theescort that was given me at Chingchihsien contained themost dilapidated specimens I have seen for a long , as my journey was three weeks later, Brooke andMeares might have had a better lot. On emerging from the gorge a plateau is entered, the highestpoint of which is the watershed, 7,200 feet, lying betweenthe Tung and a small river, locally called Nga Rung, whichis a Ti
Adventure, sport and travel on the Tibetan steppes . ace, were enough to make the hair stand on a timidmans head, but I saw no one more ugly than my informantsand certainh none that looked more like outlaws, for theescort that was given me at Chingchihsien contained themost dilapidated specimens I have seen for a long , as my journey was three weeks later, Brooke andMeares might have had a better lot. On emerging from the gorge a plateau is entered, the highestpoint of which is the watershed, 7,200 feet, lying betweenthe Tung and a small river, locally called Nga Rung, whichis a Tibetan name. This river rises in the Siao Hsiang-ling, flows past Yueh Hsiting, and enters a gorge whichopens out of the Yueh Hsi valley from where it flows ina north-easterly direction until it enters tlie Tung. Itforms the border between independent Lololand and thesemi-Chinese Lolo country through which the high road])asses. Along the road there is a mixed population of Lolos, Tibetansand Chinese. Most of the black-blood Lolos have left their 2S6. Chiating to Ningyuenfu. former estates this side of the Ngariing River to their serfs,who have become Chinese subjects. These semi-subjectedLolos have a nominal chief, who is supposed to be a pureblack blood, but he is not recognised by the chiefs in inde-pendent Lololand, and he really holds his position by appoint-ment from the Chinese Government. All along the road the Chinese have established block-houses, which are guarded by militia composed both of Chineseand subjected Lolos, but in spite of these guards, robberiesare committed frequently along the main trade routes, and itis not safe to be out after nightfall. Two days march over this plateau brings the travellerto the valley of Yueh Hsi, in which is the Chinese city ofYueh Hsiting, quite an important centre, as from this placea large section of country is governed. In a kind of prison or hostel in connection with the Yamenare to be seen a number of hostages who may be seen
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