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 IIUO HDDSON 27 town. In January, 1845, they reached Tang- kiutil, on the boundary between Kansu and the territory of Koko-nor. From Lassa, the capital of Thibet, their point of destination, they were yet distant four months' journey across a desert utterly uninhabited except by robbers. They consequently resolved to wait here eight months for the arrival of a Thibetan embassy on its way home from Peking, under whose escort they might travel in safety. During their stay they studied the Thibetan language and Buddhist books with the assis- tance of a teacher, and after awhile they were invited to take up their abode in the famous lamasery of Koonboom, about 30 m. distant. In this establishment, which numbers about 4,000 lamas, they remained three months, treated, as they were in all parts of Mongolia, with great kindness. At the end of that time they removed to Chogortan, a summer estab- lishment belonging to the lamasery. Toward the end of September the embassy arrived, and the missionaries joined the caravan, which consisted of 2,000 men and 3,700 animals. In crossing the desert and climbing the snow- covered mountains over which their route led them, they suffered the most terrible hard- ships. M. Gabet fell ill and was every moment expected to die, but they were obliged to press on with the sick man fastened, to his camel. On Jan. 29, 1846, they entered Lassa. After a few days they were summoned before the ka- lon or regent, the real ruler of the country un- der the nominal supremacy of the grand lama, who received them well, gave them a residence of his own, and allowed them to preach and set up a little chapel. The Chinese ambassador, Keshen, who had conducted the negotiations with the British at Canton in 1840-'41, soon interposed on political grounds, and they were sent to Chingtoofoo, capital of the Chinese province of Sechuen, and their neophyte Sam- dadshiemba back to his own country. MM. Hue and Gabet left Lassa March 15, and trav- elled in palanquins with great state, having a mandarin and a body of soldiers for escort. They wore the richest Chinese robes, and in- sisted upon putting on the yellow cap and red girdle reserved for members of the imperial family. These precautions secured respectful treatment throughout their journey. Their expenses were defrayed by government. At Chingtoofoo they were put on trial, and it was resolved to send them to Canton. The journey was performed in the same state, sometimes overland, sometimes on the Yangtse-kiang and other navigable rivers. In October, 1846, they arrived at Canton, and soon went to the Laza- rist seminary at Macao. Here M. Hue remain- ed between two and three years, arranging for publication his notes of travel. M. Gabet re- turned to Europe in November, and thence proceeded to South America, where he died soon afterward at Rio de Janeiro. In 1849 M. Hue set out for Peking, intending to revisit the missions in Mongolia; but an inundation obliged him to remain six months at a Chris- tian station in the province of Chekiang, and shortly after his arrival at the capital the shat- tered state of his health induced him to return home. He sailed from Macao Jan. 1, 1852, visited Ceylon, India, Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, and landed at Marseilles in June of the same year. He subsequently fixed his residence in Paris. His Souvenirs d'-un voyage dans la Tartarie, le Thibet et la Chine appeared in 1852 (2 vols. 8vo, Paris), and was translated into English by William Hazlitt (London, 1852). This work is not only one of the most interest- ing books of travel which have been written during the present generation, but is stored with valuable information with regard to the history, inhabitants, and geography of the pre- viously almost unknown region of Mongolia. U Empire chinois (2 vols. 8vo, 1854 ; English translation, London, 1855) relates the adven- tures of the missionaries during their journey from Lassa to Canton; it is written in an at- tractive style, enlivened with much humor, and a large part of it is devoted to a general account of the manners, customs, government, laws, and internal condition of the Chinese empire. He also wrote Le Christianisme en Chine, en Tartarie et au Thibet (4 vols., 1857- '8 ; translated into English, 3 vols.). Ill (KLEBERRY. See WHORTLEBERRY. HIDDERSFIELD, a market town and par- liamentary borough of England, in the West riding of Yorkshire, on the Colne, 35 m. S. W. of York, and 204 m. by railway N. N. W. of London ; pop. in 1871, of the borough, 70,253, of the town, 38,658. There are in the town 34 places of worship, of which 9 belong to the established church, 5 to the Congregationalists, and 14 to the Methodists. There are two col- leges, a philosophical hall, and a mechanics' institute. It is connected by canals with the Mersey and the Humber. It is one of the chief seats of the woollen manufacture in England, of which nearly every variety is produced. It has an extensive cloth hall, where a fair is held each Tuesday attended by upward of 600 manu- facturers. There are also cotton mills, brew- eries, chemical works, and dye houses. HtDSOJV, a N. E. county of New Jersey, bounded E. by the Hudson river and New York bay, S. by the Kills, separating it from Staten island, S. W. and W. by Passaic river and Newark bay, and N. W. by the Hacken- sack, which also intersects the S. W. part ; area, 75 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 129,0(57. It has a diversified surface, rising into hills on each side of the Hackensack. Limestone, copper, and magnetic iron ore are found. The Morris canal passes through it, and numerous railroads radiate from Jersey City and Hoboken. The value of farms in 1870 was $3,134,000; of farm productions, chiefly market vegetables, $312,- 920. There were 333 manufacturing establish- ments, with an aggregate capital of $3,280,526, and an annual product of $24,256,017. The most important were 1 manufactory of boxes,