The issues of the Times of Thursday and Friday contain
a summary, furnished by its correspondent at Simla, of Dr. Sven Hedin's second journey in Tibet,—a record of endurance, peril, and discovery equalling, if not eclipsing, his earlier exploits. Starting from Kashmir in December, 1907. Dr. Sven Hedin reached the Aksai Chin Lake early in January. In the next two months no sign of life was seen, and the party was nearly frozen to death on the march to Shementso. Turning to the E.S.E. past Lake Lemchang, where several goldfields were seen, Dr. Sven Hedin plunged into the unknown, disguising himself as a common Ladakhi and servant of the nominal head of the caravan to avoid the Tibetan spies, who appear to have been ubiquitous. The unknown tract ended at Tongtso, north of latitude 32. Thence Dr. Sven Hedin's route lay southward into the Bongba Province, which no European bad ever entered. After further perils, Dr. Sven Hedin discovered Lake Chunitso, and proved the continuity of the great mountain range of Ninchantangla, stretching for two thousand miles north of the Brahmaputra
Previous page
