ABSTRACT
Staying in the same rest-house we found a Lhasa lady who was on her way to Shigatsé to visit some relations. Among the poorer travellers women share and sleep in the same general common-room as the men, but being of a better family this lady was given a special, though smaller, room adjoining for her private üse. But she obviously preferred company to solitude, for she came into our room after dinner and stayed for about an hour, joining in the common chatter.
