Regr. No. 27 ) P. No. 2131 H.K. GRACEY, C.S.,
Dept. XXII. B.-- ) 11-9-96- _Deputy Commissioner, Almora._
1,00,000 of 1896. ) P.D. W.J.W.

_Certificate from_ DR. WILSON.
DHARCHULA BYAS, BHOT.

I herewith certify that I accompanied Mr. A. Henry Savage Landor
in his ascent up the Mangshan mountain, and that Mr. Landor and a
Rongba coolie reached an altitude of 22,000 (twenty-two thousand)
feet. Owing to the rarefied air, I and the other men accompanying
Mr. Landor were unable to go as far as he did. Mr. Landor was at
the time carrying on him a weight of thirty seers (60 lbs.),
consisting of silver rupees, two aneroids, cartridges, revolver,
&c. During the whole time I travelled with Mr. Landor he always
carried the above weight on him, and generally carried his rifle
besides (71/4 lbs. extra). We all suffered very much during the
ascent, as the incline was very steep, and there was deep snow
and much troublesome _debris_.

I also certify that I took many photographs[45] of Mr. Landor and
his two servants after they were released, and Mr. Landor looked
then very old and suffering, owing to starvation and the wounds
that had been inflicted upon him by the Tibetans.

(Signed) H. WILSON,
_In charge of Bhot Dispensaries,
American Methodist Episcopal Mission._

DHARCHULA, _April_ 27, 1898.
DEAR MR. LANDOR,

Do you remember the night when we separated near Lama Chokden in
Tibet, you to proceed towards Lhassa, and I to return to India?

I have in my lifetime, seen few such fierce snowstorms. The storm
had been raging the whole day and night, and the wind was blowing
so hard that we could not hear each other speak. I can only
recollect with horror at the dreadful anxiety I was in when you,
with a handful of men, escaped from the Tibetan soldiers watching
us, and in the dark fearful night proceeded to take your men up
the mountain range, with no path, and among loose stones and
boulders, a way, indeed, not even fit for goats.

That night, I well remember, you were carrying a weight much
greater than the one you usually carried, thirty seers (60 lbs.),
for when you left the tent you had in your hand a small b