I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
H. N. WRIGHT,
_Under-Secretary to Government, North-Western_
_Provinces and Oudh. N.M._

ALMORA DISTRICT.

IN THE COURT OF J. LARKIN, Esq., Magistrate of the 1st class.

_In re_ The Matter of the Tortures, Robbery, &c., of A. HENRY
SAVAGE LANDOR, Esq., and his servants, by the Thibetan
Authorities.

DEPOSITION OF MR. A. HENRY SAVAGE LANDOR; _taken on the 4th day of
October 1897. Oath administered by me._

My name is Arnold Henry Savage Landor; my father's name is
Charles Savage Landor; I am by caste European. British subject;
by occupation artist and traveller; my home is at Empoli
(Calappiano), police station Empoli, district Florence, Tuscany,
Italy; I reside at London.

Having made up my mind to travel in Turkistan and Tibet, for
geographical and scientific purposes as well as to study the
manners and customs of those people, I obtained a British
passport from the Foreign Office and one from the Chinese
Legation in London. I had already a passport granted me by the
Chinese Government through the British Consul at Tientsin, China.
I also possess letters from Lord Salisbury and the officials of
the British Museum. I am prepared to submit all these for
scrutiny. I arrived in India by the P. and O. ss. _Peninsular_
about the beginning of April. I travelled rapidly up to Almora. I
stayed there a short time to make arrangements for my travels in
Tibet. I entered that country through the Lumpia Lek. I kept away
from the road and paths, passing over several ranges of high
mountains, camping at very high altitudes, for nearly three
weeks. When I started I had thirty men with me. Twenty-one of
them left me when I was only five days in. At Mansarowar Lake
five Shokas declined to go any farther. I paid them up and they
left. It was they who gave the Lamas of Tucker information of my
intention to go to Lhassa. I had proceeded but three marches
towards the Maium La Pass when my only two remaining Shokas
deserted during the night. They carried off all my stock of
provisions for my Hindu servants, ropes, straps, &c. My party had
now dwindled down to Chanden Sing (bearer) and Man Sing (coolie).
The latter was ill; I f