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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.
F52. The headman of a village and two attendants bring a gift of mutton and eggs to Sir Basil Gould, the British representative during his visit to Lhasa. The man on the left holds a whole dried sheep. The second man carries a tray full of eggs.
F53. Sir Basil Gould gets the customary greeting of Tibet. A Tibetan official presents him with a white scarf, signifying "purity of friendship". On the trail to Lhasa.
A pilgrim passing along the Sacred Way, around the Potala at Lhasa. Note that the path is lined with carved stone and other religious objects.
Nepalese porters with supplies for China, near the summit of Natu pass, at the frontier of India and Tibet.