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There is not much machinery in Tibet, and when it is brought in, it has to be carried over the passes, in pieces. Here is a part of a small machine for pressing mustard seeds (for oil). The inevitable prayer flag adorns the load.
A caravan crossing the Nyapso-la (pass) on route to China (Central Tibet).
Skirting the northern rampart of the Himalayas, on the trail to Lhasa, in Tibet.
My Tibetan servant Pa-sang ("Friday"), with friends.
A street in Phari, Tibet, sometimes called the "highest, windiest, dirtiest city in the world".
Crumbling watch towers dot the landscape along the trail to Lhasa.
In the courtyard of a Tibetan house, as seen from my window.
The fort of Nangartse, on the trail to Lhasa in central Tibet.
F55. A yak caravan carrying supplies to China. The Tibetan drivers have attached a prayer flag to the back of one of the animals.
F56. Two of the Tibetan drivers in our caravan talk over the situation.
G67. Yak caravan with supplies for China.
G74. A great caravan of yaks.