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Show IN UNCHARTED LANDS. Thibctian Expedition Invades an Unexplored Un-explored Section, Where European Has Never.Travcled Before. Chuinbla, British India, Jan. 1C The British expedition to Thibet, the. advance ad-vance guard of which lias reached Tanu and is now In a totally unexplored country. No living European has ever traveled over this route. The expedition is' meeting with enormous enor-mous (vansport difficulties. ' The bulk of the force Is occupying Fort Pliari, a picturesque 'structure, solidly built of stone and exactly resembling a medieval medie-val castle. It Is four storied high. The Interior is full of lion cells, like a rabbit rab-bit warren, and there are quantities of chain armor, swords and spears therein. there-in. The houses of the surrounding villages vil-lages arc constructed of peat nodn; they arc a single stoiy high, with Hat roofs. The natives arc friendly. |