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DISCOVERY IN HIMALAYAS. POSSESSORS OF STRANGE SECRETS. .WOMAN TRAVELLER’S CLAIM. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received December 8, 11.45 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 7. Miss Crossley Batts, who recently arrived in England from India, says that a few years ago she found an old manuscript in a Buddist library in Pekin about a lost tribe 13,000 feet up the Himalayas. She resolved to find the tribe, hut repeatedly failed. At last she succeeded. “They are survivors of the ancient Chaldeans,” states Miss Batts. “The average span of life is from 140 to 150 years. They number six hundred. I did not see a sign of disease or , debility ; they must possess' strange secrets that would be valuable to the Western world. The language is unintelligible. I have since discovered that it is Chaldean, which I have learnt. I am returning to stay longer and try and discover the secrets.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 7, 8 December 1930, Page 7
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150LOST TRIBE Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 7, 8 December 1930, Page 7
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