CHAPTER VI.

THROUGH LOLODOM AND THE VALLEY OF CHIEN-CH’ANG.

A Tibetan criminal in a cage--The armed ruffians of Chiung Chou--A floating bamboo bridge--Brick tea for Tibet--Fraternizing with Tibetan pilgrims on the summit of the Flying Dragon Pass--Chinese originality--Over the Ta Hsiang Ling Pass--A non-Chinese race--Across the Ta-tu River under Sifan protection--In the country of the Lolos--Lolo language--Sifan language--Asbestos cloth--A dangerous country--Lolo rogues--Over the Hsiao Hsiang Ling Pass--Lolo women--The valley of Chien-ch’ang--Ning-yuan Fu 88