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more, across. He iiO"\v takes the hauling line, and 

 pulls himself up the curve to the other bank. 



The city of Ta-tsien-lu is not seen by the traveller 

 until he is close to the yates, and on entering', the streets 

 are ^found to be crowded with a strange mixture of 

 races. The houses are certainly Chinese, but tlie popu- 

 lation is a mixture of all the nations of Asia, Tibetans 

 predominating. I made my way through the city, and, 

 passing out by the south gate, soon found the house of 

 the Eoman Catholic Bishop — Monseigneur Biet — who 

 received me very kindly, and interested himself in 

 getting rooms at an inn in the city, the same place that 

 Captahi Gill and Mr. Baber had stopped at. 



