1936 - 1937 Mission Diary

The official diary of the Gould mission to Lhasa sent by the British government. Read more about the mission diary.

January, 12th, Tuesday.

Tendong Shappe with his family came to dinner and a film show. He is very easy to entertain and his children are very charming and well behaved. Unfortunately his young wife died a few months ago.

Author: Frederick Spencer Chapman [see handwritten annotations in Diary by Hugh Richardson in MS. Or. Richardson 2, Bodleian Libary, Department of Oriental Collections, University of Oxford]

Page Reference: Pt XII p.3

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