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AMONGST the members of the mission proceeding from India to Tibet, under the charge of Mr. Colman Macaulay, are Col. Tanner, surveyor, Dr. Oldham, geologist, and Dr. Cunningham, naturalist. The expedition will leave Darjeeling about the end of the present month, and, marching through independent Sikkim, will cross the Jalepla Pass into Tibet. Its destination is Lhassa, the capital. Once only has this city been visited by an Englishman, Thomas Manning, and practically the whole route lies through a terra incognita. As Mr. Macaulay bears letters from the Chinese authorities, for which he made a special journey to Pels in last year, it is not anticipated that he will meet with any obstacles on his way to, or during his stay on, “the roof of the world.” The three scientific members of his mission will find abundance of work to do, and the news of the progress of the expedition may be looked for with interest.
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Geographical Notes . Nature 34, 41 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034041a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/034041a0