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lic, which they eat and inhale. It alleviates their fatigue and 
difficulty of breathing.’’? And Father Desgodins, the octogen- 
arian of Tibet fame, adds from the same place: ‘‘ I had heard 
this already when I was travelling in the East of Tibet... As 
then one must take the precaution of not drinking the water 
along the way, of keeping some piece of camphor in one’s 
mouth, and not remaining more than is absolutely required. 
With the exception of those said months, one should on no ac- 


1 Cf Carto Putt, Il Tibet... secondo la relazione ... del P. 
Ippolito Desideri (1715-1721), Roma, Societa Geografica Italiana, 102 
Via del Plebiscito, 1904, pp. 82-84. ‘This book, still too little known in 
India, is indispensable to Tibetan scholars. Price: ire. 
2 Cf. ANG pe GuBEerNatis, Gli Seritti del Padre Marco della 
° ELO 
Tomba, Firenze, 1878, p. 48. 
