He spoke a kind of Chinese that I don't understand very well, but I think he said something about a lamasery near here—along the valley, I gathered—where we could get food and shelter. Shangri-La, he called it. La is Tibetan for mountain-pass. He was most emphatic that we should go there.]

There never was an English-language text, either in 1561 or 1859. Yule and Burnell have silently provided a translation.

William Hill today cut the price of a Scottish knees-up from an original 25/1 into 9/1 favourite.

Ethel knew that further remonstrance was useless; and, therefore, quietly offered her services to arrange the multitudinous wardrobe which was being unpacked.