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THE GREAT START—SHEREB LAMA. :89
least one attempt to penetrate to Lassa in disguise. For
this purpose I required a complete outfit and equipment
of Mongolian clothing and Mongolian utensils, crockery,
travelling boxes, and so forth—in a word, everything that
Mongol pilgrims are wont to carry with them when they
pilgrimage to the Holy City. Shagdur alone was, however,
initiated into my plans ; Cherdon was led to believe that
the purchases which they two were about to make in Kara-
Sirkin and Chernoff with the two Baby Camels.
shahr were for their own use. Shagdur was also to bring
back with him to Charkhlik a Mongol who had been in
Lassa and could speak Tibetan.
Wlien the time approached for their return, we set about
making the final preparations for the start. Not wishing
to carry with me through Tibet a greater amount of baggage
than was absolutely necessary, and having as it was already
an exceptionally large caravan, I determined to leave
behind a portion of my belongings. WTiat was the use
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