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Photograph by John Claude White 



THE WAI.lv ACROSS THE ROAD AT YATUNG, IN TIBET 



We found some remarkable hot springs not far from here, the_ water in some cases 

 registering boiling point. Many Tibetans congregate round these springs to bathe, and the 

 water, which is highly charged with sulphur, is considered specially efficacious in cases of 

 skin disease. Bathing" is a simple proceeding on their part. All that is considered necessary 

 is to scoop out a depression in the deposit round any spring, and this, filled with water, makes 

 the bath. A tent is sometimes thrown over it, and the whole family — men, women, and chil- 

 dren — sit for hours in the steaming water, and they certainly look a different color after a 

 prolonged immersion, the process removing several layers of dirt. 



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