THE ADVANCE INTO THIBET.—A “DEATH SLIDE" ON THE ROUTE. A correspondent writes:—“Of all the sections of the lines of commmunication from Siliguri Railway Station to Chumbi, perhaps the worst is that from the Jelapi Pass to Yatung. There the path goes down some 3,500ft. in seven miles, first descending rocky spurs in interminable zig-zags full of loose boulders, and then following the bed of a wild frozen ravine, through dense pine and rhododendron forests to Yatung. In places the path loses itself in masses of rocks and fallen trees, in others it is obliterated by small glaciers—picturesque, but terribly dangerous. Ponies and mules which fell at the worst of these, fell to rise no more.” Drawn by Jno. Charlton, from a sketch by Lieut. Ryhot (in “The Graphic”) GUARDING THE LINE OF COMMUNICATION.—A TELEGRAPH OFFICE IN SIBERIA. Not only is Russia anxious to protect her railway, but also the telegraph lines that traverse Siberia. Our photograph depicts a telegraph office in the wilds of Siberia, among the snow and ice. These stations are now strongly guarded by Cossacks.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1678, 27 April 1904, Page 37 (Supplement)

THE ADVANCE INTO THIBET.—A “DEATH SLIDE" ON THE ROUTE. A correspondent writes:—“Of all the sections of the lines of commmunication from Siliguri Railway Station to Chumbi, perhaps the worst is that from the Jelapi Pass to Yatung. There the path goes down some 3,500 ft. in seven miles, first descending rocky spurs in interminable zig-zags full of loose boulders, and then following the bed of a wild frozen ravine, through dense pine and rhododendron forests to Yatung. In places the path loses itself in masses of rocks and fallen trees, in others it is obliterated by small glaciers—picturesque, but terribly dangerous. Ponies and mules which fell at the worst of these, fell to rise no more.” Drawn by Jno. Charlton, from a sketch by Lieut. Ryhot (in “The Graphic”)

GUARDING THE LINE OF COMMUNICATION.—A TELEGRAPH OFFICE IN SIBERIA. Not only is Russia anxious to protect her railway, but also the telegraph lines that traverse Siberia. Our photograph depicts a telegraph office in the wilds of Siberia, among the snow and ice. These stations are now strongly guarded by Cossacks.