Through Unknown Tibet

CHAPTER XXXIII.

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BACK TO INDIA—DISILLUSIONMENT OF OUR FOLLOWERS WITH REGARD TO SOME OF THE BLESSINGS OF CIVILIZATION—MILITARY HOSPITALITY—RETURN TO CALCUTTA 415

APPENDICES 423

INDEX 437

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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CAPTAIN WELLBY Frontispiece

THE KUSHOK'S COOK Title

LIEUTENANT MALCOLM Facing 1

CLUB OF NORTHERN INDIA, MURREE, IN SNOW 5

VIEW TOWARDS FIFTH BRIDGE, SRINAGAR 8

A MERCHANT'S HOUSE IN SRINAGAR 9

MOHAMMEDAN MOSQUE, SRINAGAR 11

HINDU TEMPLE, SRINAGAR 12

ON THE RIVER, SRINAGAR 14

DUFFADAR SHAHZAD MIR, 11TH BENGAL LANCERS 15

SHUKR ALI 18

THE GLACIERS, SONAMERG 21

FIRST SIGNS OF BUDDHISM BEYOND LEH, AT MULBECK 25

BRIDGE OVER THE SURV RIVER AT KARGIL, ON THE ROAD TO LEH. BRIDGE ON CANTILEVER PATTERN 29

SHAHZAD MIR AND OUR TEN MEN 33

CHINESE PASSPORT, ONE AND A HALF FEET SQUARE 37

MY RED CHINESE VISITING CARD, FIVE INCHES BROAD AND TEN INCHES LONG 38

ON THE BORDERS OF TIBET; OUR CAMP AT NIAGZU 57

CROSSING THE NAPU LA (18,500 FEET HIGH) 64

OUR THREE RUNDORE GUIDES 67

KERAMBUTABUK 71

LAKE "LIGHTEN" (WE LIGHTENED OUR LOADS HERE) 91

17TH JUNE. THREE OF OUR TENTS ARE ABANDONED AT THIS SPOT 95

WE CAMP IN A GRASSY NULLAH 98

A DAY'S HALT BY A FRESH-WATER LAKE 100

OUR MULES BEING WATERED 109

WE CAMP IN A WILDERNESS AND STEER FOR "HELMET HILL" 118

MALCOLM AT BREAKFAST WITH ESAU 121

WE CAMP BY TWO FRESH-WATER POOLS 124

TWO ANTELOPES ARE SHOT CLOSE TO CAMP 135

SHAHZAD MIR AT WORK 145

AUTOGRAPH OF THE BUDDHA, page 275 151

THE LAST CAMP OF OUR TWELVE MULES 159

RUBY 165

A DEAD ANTELOPE 180

AN ENORMOUS YAK 183

THE KUSHOK'S TAME YAK 200

SOME MEMBERS OF THE KUSHOK'S CAMP 213

TSOKPO MONGOLS LIVING IN THE BUSH 231

MALCOLM ENGAGES ATTENTION OF MONGOLS WITH "CADBURY": THEY THINK IT IS SNUFF 235

MONGOL LADIES ON THE BAYAN GOL 238

MONGOL CAMP: ONE OF OUR HALTS 249

THREE REMAINING MULES AT KOKO NOR 253

BUDDHIST PRAYER-WHEEL, WITH SCARF OF BLESSING 268

DR. RIJNHART. DAUGHTER OF THE PRINCE OF KOKO NOR 269

BRIDGE IN CHINA, FIVE MILES FROM TANKAR. MISSIONARY AND MULE ON BRIDGE 271

BRIDGE OF SHANG-HO-RI (SOUNDING RIVER) ON THE ROAD TO TANKAR 273

AUDIENCE ROOM OF THE KAMBO (ABBOT) OF KUMBUM 275

MINA FU-YEH (BUDDHA) 277

CHORTENS OF KUMBUM 286

KUMBUM 287

TWO SMALL SHRINES, WITH NUMBERS OF PRAYER-WHEELS 291

PRAYER-WHEELS, BOARDS, ROSARY FROM LUSAR 295

RUINS OF THE E. SUBURB OF SINING 318

A SEDAN CHAIR 321

THE ONLY WAY TO DRIVE IN NORTH CHINA 333

ON THE ROAD FROM LANCHEO, CHINA 339

STREET IN THE TONG KUAN (E. SUBURB), CHONG WEI, YELLOW RIVER 343

OUR INN AT CHONG WEI 349

OUR WOOL BOAT ON THE YELLOW RIVER 355

HALTING FOR THE NIGHT ON THE YELLOW RIVER 357

A FERRY ACROSS THE HUANG HO 359

ALL THE "CASH" ISSUED FROM THE FIRST OF THE EMPERORS OF THE TS'ING OR MANCHU DYNASTY 361

ON THE ROAD IN CHINA 369

ON THE ROAD FROM PAO T'EO TO PEKIN 373

BUDDHIST TEMPLE, OUTSIDE KUEI HUA CHENG, CHINA 377

MONGOL ENCAMPMENT 382

TEMPLE OUTSIDE SI-YANG HO 384

BRIDAL CHAIR 387

A GORGE WITH GREAT WALL IN DISTANCE 390

THE GREAT WALL AT CHA-TAO 395

BUDDHIST ARCHWAY BY NAN KOU 399

CLOSE TO THE CELESTIAL CAPITAL 403

A PORTION OF THE WALLS OF THE CAPITAL 407

STREET WHEREIN IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE BRITISH LEGATION 409

PEKIN 413

LASSOO AND ESAU 420

THROUGH UNKNOWN TIBET.