THIBET TO BE INVADED; Strong British Expedition Starts in a Few Days. THIBETANS LIKELY TO FIGHT Lhassa Government Preparing For War, and It Is Reported That It Expects Russian Support.

In Thibet and Turkestan, however, the author found an abundance of solitary wastes, where even the nomad was absent. Lonely mountain and desert fastnesses, with here and there a poverty-stricken ...

AFTER the return of M. Bonvalot and Prince Henry of Orleans from the East, so much was said of their journey that we need not now repeat any of the details of M. Bonvalot's narrative. It may ...

IT is a great relief to learn that a letter has been received at St. Petersburg through Pekin from Col. Prejevalsky, dated from the town of Si-Ning, March 20, announcing that the expedition tinder ...

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This article was originally published with the title “Sketches in Thibet” in SA Supplements Vol. 26 No. 674supp (December 1888), p. 10772 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican12011888-10772supp ...

Three hundred and twenty-five sacred books from Thibet have arrived at the Yenching Institute which form the Kanjur-Tanjur, an important part of the Buddhist code; the Tanjur is composed partly of ...

This article was originally published with the title “In the Heart of Thibet” inSA Supplements Vol. 56 No. 1437supp(July 1903), p. 23035doi:10.1038/scientificamerican07181903-23035bsupp ...