198 ARRIVAL OF PRINCE HENRI OF ORLEANS 



return to Batang, but were stopped at Tungalow by 

 the military mandarin, who refused to allow them to 

 proceed any further. They, however, declined to re- 

 turn, and established a mission there. 



Mgr. Biet tells me that there is a missionary living- 

 near the frontier of Yunnan who, unless he saw Mr. 

 Cooper when he passed through, has seen no European, 

 with the exception of a brother missionary now and 

 then, at long intervals, for the last thirty years. 



June 24. — Prince Henri of Orleans arrived from 

 Litang and took up his quarters at the inn I was stay- 

 ing at. He had travelled right across Tibet from 

 Kuldja by way of Lob nor, Tengri nor and Batang, 

 having been close to Lhassa, which city he was unable 

 to enter. He was accompanied by two Europeans, 

 Messrs. Bonvalot and He' Deken, the latter belonging to 

 the Belgian mission in Mongolia, and who spoke the 

 Chinese language fluently. He had a large number 

 of followers and pack animals, having made large 

 natural history collections on the journey. Though, as 

 I said before, he was unable to enter Lhassa, he 

 received a very valuable present from the Grand Lama 

 which was sent out of the city to him. 



The next day Mgr. Biet had a dinner party, to 

 which I was invited, I found Pere Jeridot and 

 Fathers Dejean and Soulie, Prince Henri, Messrs. 



