| Show Loftiest Plateau Has an Elevation of Feet F et Tibet has the loftiest loWest large larse plateau In the world a vast tableland with an average elevation of feet observes a writer in London Tit Bits Magazine Tibet is a strange place inhabited by strange people with strange cus cus- customs customs customs toms and habits It is a province in Central Asia west and southwest t of China and north of India The population is largely a mixture of i Chinese and East Eat Indians The highly rarefied atmosphere causes all kinds of trouble In win win- winter winter ter the air is so cold and so deficient deficient in oxygen that explorers have found it almost unendurable and andr many travelers have lost all their theirl r l pack animals during this season f In summer the clear sky and thin I air permit the suns sun's rays their full power and the hottest days are often followed at night by temperatures below freezing point There are no fowls but this makes little difference as one probably probably probably ably could not boil an egg in these altitudes on account of the low boiling point of ot water at such high hight I t elevations I IThe The country Is rich in minerals I but robber bands ands are numerous and I Ibold bold so travelers find it safer to move in large companies Yaks i i mules ponies ponie and pp even y n sheep are II 6 us used d as pack animals i I |
