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Title: Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Teichman, Eric, Sir, 1884-1944
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Publisher: Cambridge, England : University Press
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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between the various Chineseand Tibetan frontier authorities, the British representativeacting as middleman, and arrangements were eventually con-cluded providing for a general cessation of hostilities, andthe mutual withdrawal of the troops of both sides out oftouch with one another. The provisional boundary betweenSzechuan and Tibet resulting from these frontier negotiationschanced to coincide to a considerable extent with the oldseventeenth century line of the Manchus, the Chinese re-maining in control of Batang, Litang, Nyarong, Kanze and thecountry to the east of those States, while the Tibetans retainedChamdo, Draya, Markam and De-ge, and the country furtherwest. By the end of 1918 the frontier regions had settleddown after the conclusion of the truce, the trade routes hadbeen reopened, and peaceful relations generally had oncemore been resumed between China and Tibet^. The journeys described in the following chapters were made in connec-tion with these peace negotiations. <;
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TRAVELS IN EASTERN TIBETCHAPTER I FROM TACHIENLU TO KANZE BY THE MAIN NORTH ROAD Departure from Tachienlu—The first big pass on the road to Tibet—Taining and Gata Gomba—Tea and tsamba—Nadreheka Dzong and theforests of Sunghnkou—Silver pheasants and stags—A caravan from Tibet—Dawu—Reforming the caravan—Catholic Mission at Dawu—Racial types ofEastern Tibet—The Horba—Tibetan houses—Catholic settlement at Shara-tong—Chinese colonists in Tibet and Mongolia—Hor Drango—Resemblancebetween Lamaism and Roman Catholicism—Collecting subscriptions for theBuddhist Society of Tachienlu—Hor Driwo—Snow mountains of theYangtze-Yalung divide—Kanze and its monastery—Rumours of Chinesereverses—Difficulties of proceeding west of Kanze. March 6. At Tachienlu^. All our preparations are now complete and we leave forTibet to-morrow. Our party will be a very mixed one, con-sisting of myself, three Pekinese servants, four Tibetans, aChinese Mahomedan, a local Chinese-T

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