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Province, but the then governor was of the oppo-

site faction and the Prince was not so sure of his

position. He was under the new T'ao-chow city

magistrate, who had fined him 30,000 taels.

Pereira presented him with an electric torch of

an ingenious pattern : if a handle was worked it

would always give light. According to the Prince

the Chinese place the Tibetans in two categories.

In the first are the Shu Fan, the " experienced "

Tibetans, who living directly under and near the

Chinese are supposed to have learnt something of

Chinese civilisation. In the second are the Sheng

Fan, the wilder tribes who live behind. The

name of the tribe of Tibetans who inhabit the

country between Yang-pu Shan and Shui-pi-kou

just passed through by Pereira is Hsia (lower)

T'ieh-po. They are under the Prince of Choni,

who also rules the Shang (upper) T'ieh-po farther

to the north-west.

From Chengtu to Choni, Pereira estimated the

cost at $1287 and spent $1244. The average

cost per day was $15.95. During the whole

journey from Chengtu to Choni he met only four

Europeans all missionaries. At Choni he stayed

with Mr. and Mrs. Hansen of the Christian and

Missionary Alliance (American).

Leaving Choni on March 7, Pereira arrived

that day at T'ao - chow, New City, 11 miles

distant. The Prince insisted on coming to see

him off outside the city and upon entertaining

him in very comfortable " kung-kuan " in T'ao-

chow. He also sent five mounted men under an

officer as escort. It was a wretched, cold, dull,

windy day. The snow was half thawed and the

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