CHAPTER VI.

THROUGH LOLODOM AND THE VALLEY OF CHIEN-CH’ANG.

A Tibetan criminal in a cage--The armed ruffians of

Chiung Chou--A floating bamboo bridge--Brick tea for

Tibet--Fraternizing with Tibetan pilgrims on the summit of the

Flying Dragon Pass--Chinese originality--Over the Ta Hsiang Ling

Pass--A non-Chinese race--Across the Ta-tu River under Sifan

protection--In the country of the Lolos--Lolo language--Sifan

language--Asbestos cloth--A dangerous country--Lolo rogues--Over

the Hsiao Hsiang Ling Pass--Lolo women--The valley of

Chien-ch’ang--Ning-yuan Fu 88

Three Years in Western China A Narrative of Three Journeys in Ssu-ch'uan, Kuei-chow, and Yün-nan · 第 6 / 16 章