FROM TONKIN TO INDIA 



In the way of local trade I only noticed some round or 



square slabs of marble from the Tsang-chang mountains. They 



are veined, and are valued according as they bear a more or less 



fanciful resemblance to men, animals, or mountains. A fair sale 



is also carried on in skins — tiger, panther, little lynx, a greyish 



wolf, and pandas [Ailurtis), the thick ringed tails of which were 



to be seen hanging in 



bunches before the 



door-posts. At Tali 



also there is a house 



which has a depot of 



tea from Pou-eul-Fou. 



A wine of Lykiang, 



made from barley, and 



not unlike certain 



Spanish vintages to 



the palate, is sold 



here. Cette is the 



only other place, to 



my knowledge, where 



wine is made without 



the fruit of the grape. 



Besides such articles 



as those above mentioned, many Thibetan woollen stuffs, thick 



and warm, find their way hither. On one day (5th June) we 



met a caravan coming from the tea-gardens, consisting of no 



fewer than three hundred Thibetan horses and mules, bound for 



Atentse. With them we saw several of those enormous black and 



tan dogs of Thibet which can only live in cold climates. 



Food resources seemed plentiful : beef, mutton, vegetables, and 



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T.ili-Fou Woman. 



