Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . CROPS STACKED ON THE FLAT ROOF OF A FARM-HOUSE IN SOUTHERN DE-GE . ^ s- V^W. SCENE IN ONE OF THE LOWER A(,RI(ULTlRAI. \ OF SOUTHERN KAM IX FURTHER SKIRMISHES WITH BRIGANDS 205 up the valley of the Bar Chu to a hamlet called Dam (inChinese Tangtsun). Here we were well received, the localpeople e^en providing a few ula yak to carry the baggage ofthe refugees and some of our grain. This was a pleasantsurprise; for Chinese authority was practically non-existenteven th
Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . CROPS STACKED ON THE FLAT ROOF OF A FARM-HOUSE IN SOUTHERN DE-GE . ^ s- V^W. SCENE IN ONE OF THE LOWER A(,RI(ULTlRAI. \ OF SOUTHERN KAM IX FURTHER SKIRMISHES WITH BRIGANDS 205 up the valley of the Bar Chu to a hamlet called Dam (inChinese Tangtsun). Here we were well received, the localpeople e^en providing a few ula yak to carry the baggage ofthe refugees and some of our grain. This was a pleasantsurprise; for Chinese authority was practically non-existenteven this short distance out of Batang, and the natives of thevalley (known to the Chinese as Chitsun Kou, The Valeof the Seven Villages) have the reputation of being veryhostile to the Chinese, owing to the severe chastisement theyhad received at the hands of Chao Erh-feng after the rebellionof 1905. On the 18th we continued up the valley, passing anotherhamlet where the headman met us with presents of walnuts,which seemed a reassuring sign. About seven miles out w^eleft the valley, ascended through thick juniper woods to asmall pass, and descended the other side to rejoin the river,which here flow
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