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more, across. He now 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 gates, and on entering, the streets 
are found to be crowded with a strange mixture of 
races. The houses are certainly Chinese, but the 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 Roman 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 
‘Captain Gill and Mr. Baber had stopped at. 
