Show A WONDERFUL JOURNEY wo who from A allt to bauo the sacred city ono of the most remarkable journeys ever enado overland across asia has just been completed successfully by two cal muck tartars from the province of astrakhan tra khan russia on the volga they actually made their way across siberia into tibet and entered the sacred city of faasa which rockwell and miss taylor saw from a distance they aleo saw the dalai lama face to face if these men bad had any scientific training the world would be far richer aby their observations of a comparatively unknown territory but they noticed very little on their journey and seemed to be mainly intent on securing a supply of religious books at lassa and on reaching their homes again as epee dlly as possible the travelers are bidwa off and Ulan ofT both are mongol buddhists and speak the mongol language fluently in talking of their journey they said that being lama decided to go to lassa to get a supply of books and prayers that could be vouched tor as genuine and a neighbor afi reed to accompany him throe years ago they left homo they could give only scanty details of their trip but the journey across the great mountains and elevated plateau was terrible even to choso hardy men inured to extreme cold it took 14 months of constant traveling to reach the sacred city in crossing what has been aptly called the root of the world they passed over mountains high that the blood flowed from their ears and eyes it was so cold even in midsummer on great heights that they wore dou blo coats of bearskins bear skins in crossing the great debert they met no one except A band of robbers in four weeks finally they reached the sacred city they concealed the fact that they were russians as they knew that if any one suspected them of being foreigners thoy could never hope to gain admission to the city and ita temples they gave out they were Mon cols and they both spoke the language they had no trouble in sustaining the disguise they were received by tho venerable dalai lama and worshiped before him he seemed much gratified by their piety and their desire for literature with his own hand ho gave them a buddhist bible in volumes which was worth in lassa 1000 ounces of fine silver they bought 20 largo packages of prayers images sacred books whick they safely transported on animals to bankow it js a curious fact that tho prayers are printed an chinese rice pa per made n tho province of Kiang sl from lacea they made their way eastward through koko nor and the northern provinces of china to peking 0 hard journey which consumed IS months from that city they went to hongtong Hong kong in tho chopo of securing passage on a ten steamer to odessa |