" I disguised myself by coloring niy face aiul hands every any vnxh j.udiaii ink, burnt my European clotln-s, aid hid my map*, whirl) cover I,WK) sheets, ill bags of rice," says JJc Sveu llediu, iniiis lecture oil Ilia Thibet experiences. " 1 never experienced a day's illness, mid with llle exception of a little champagne which 1 drank at ShigaUe 1 never tasted alcohol and took no medicine. 1 I smoked, however, whenever I ba ; il tin 1 opportunity. I Jost about 170 ponies and mules owing to tile terrible po|d. l'ossibly mv worst experience was when travelling to the east of the Karakoruni J'ass. Here the roads were strewn with caveasses of ponies and sheep. J,very day my animals died, and for six weeks 1 experienced continuoiis snow and wind, and my thermometer registered of frost. (Fahrenheit)." In this legion Ihe explorer found bales of sill; and oilier art idea lving about that hud been disby their owners,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 59, 3 April 1909, Page 3
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158Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 59, 3 April 1909, Page 3
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