19 SEPTEMBER 1908, Page 3

The troubles with the Tibetan authorities reached a climax in

April, when Dr. Sven Hedin threw off his disguise, revealed his identity, and, refusing to obey the Governor's order to retrace his steps, secured permission to continue his journey in the Bongba Province under an armed escort. After crossing the Great Range in two other places, lie reached Mansorawar at the end of July, and thence made his way to Simla. The results of his journey, which extended over four thousand miles, will be embodied in a new map of Tibet of nine hundred sheets. Of all his discoveries, Dr. Sven Hedin attaches most importance to the exploration of the central and western parts of the great treeless Trans-Himalayan Range, " the most massive on the crust of the earth."