Category: Travel Writing
Appointment to a Mission about to proceed to Tibet -- Leave Firozpur for Simla -- Approach to the Mountains -- Appearance of Himalaya from Plains of India -- Kalka -- Ascent to Kussowlee -- Vegetation of Plainward Face -- Origin of Kussowlee Ridge -- Climate and Vegetation of...
General description of Tibet -- Systems of mountains -- Trans-Sutlej Himalaya -- Cis-Sutlej Himalaya -- Kouenlun -- Four Passes across Kouenlun -- Boundaries of Western Tibet --...
29. CHAPTER XIV.Start for Karakoram -- Steep ascent out of Nubra valley -- Meet a party of Merchants from Yarkand -- View from summit of pass -- Rapid torrent -- Large glacier -- Steep moraines...
28. CHAPTER XIII.Rope bridge across Zanskar river -- Tongde -- Zangla -- Road leaves Zanskar river -- Takti La -- Nira -- Bridge over Zanskar river -- Singhi La -- Phutaksha -- Wandla -- Lama Yu...
24. CHAPTER IX.Leave Iskardo for Rondu -- Insurrection in Gilgit -- Koardu -- Kamar -- Enter narrow part of Indus valley -- Difficult road -- Range of mountains south of Indus -- Description o...
22. CHAPTER VII.Departure from Le -- Sabu Valley -- Pass between Le and Nubra -- Snow -- Encamp at 15,500 feet -- Digar -- Valley of Shayuk -- Alluvium -- _Populus Euphratica_ -- Tsatti -- Nubr...
17. CHAPTER II.Leave Simla -- Mahasu Ridge -- Pine Forest -- Summit of Mahasu -- Vegetation of Northern Slope -- Fagu -- Theog -- Mattiana -- Cultivated Valley -- Nagkanda -- Ascent of Hattu -...
19. CHAPTER IV.Hangarang ridge separates Kunawar from Piti -- Ascent to Hangarang Pass -- Alluvial deposit -- Steep ascent -- View of valley -- Limestone rocks -- _Caragana versicolor_, or _Da...
18. CHAPTER III.Sildang river -- Fine grove of Deodars -- Nachar -- Fruit-trees -- Vine seen for first time -- Boundaries of Kulu and Kunawar -- Cross Sutlej at Wangtu bridge -- Vegetation of b...
21. CHAPTER VI.Descend Hanle river -- Unsettled weather -- Encamp on banks of Indus -- Upper course of Indus -- Pugha ravine -- Forest of Myricaria-trees -- Borax plain -- Hot springs -- Borax...
25. CHAPTER X.Environs of Kashmir -- City lake -- Gardens of Shalimar and Dilawer Khan -- Pampur -- Avantipura -- Platforms of lacustrine clay -- Mountain of Wasterwan -- Ancient city -- Clay...
16. CHAPTER I.Appointment to a Mission about to proceed to Tibet -- Leave Firozpur for Simla -- Approach to the Mountains -- Appearance of Himalaya from Plains of India -- Kalka -- Ascent to...
26. CHAPTER XI.Leave Jamu to return to Tibet -- Lake of Sirohi Sar -- Vegetation of lower hills -- _Dodonæa_ -- Ramnagar -- Garta -- Dadu, on a tributary of the Chenab -- Camp at 10,000 feet -...
20. CHAPTER V.Leave Valley of Piti river -- Kibar -- Cultivation above 14,000 feet -- Vegetation of mountains -- Rocky gorge -- Encampment at 17,000 feet -- Parang Pass -- Snow-bed and glacie...
23. CHAPTER VIII.Leave Iskardo in the direction of Kashmir -- First march through snow to Turgu -- Lacustrine clay -- it extends into narrow valleys beyond Nar -- Gol -- Junction of Indus and Sh...
27. CHAPTER XII.Marked change in the Vegetation -- Bridge over Chenab -- Pargwal -- Description of Chenab valley -- Asdhari -- Chatargarh -- Road turns up valley of Butna -- Vegetation of Chena...
33. Chapter V. Sonorous Movement of Bodies."As a really elementary treatise on the whole work of Physical Science, we know none to compare with it, and it is, therefore, admirably adapted for the wants of the student; wh...
31. Part II., containing the Lower Palæozoic Mollusca, is in the press.THOUGHTS ON A PEBBLE; or, a First Lesson in Geology. By Dr. MANTELL, F.R.S. _Eighth Edition_, considerably enlarged. With four coloured plates, twenty-seven woodcuts, and a Port...
4. CHAPTER IV.Hangarang ridge separates Kunawar from Piti -- Ascent to Hangarang Pass -- Alluvial deposit -- Steep ascent -- View of valley -- Limestone rocks -- _Caragana versicolor_, or _Da...
14. CHAPTER XIV.Start for Karakoram -- Steep ascent out of Nubra valley -- Meet a party of Merchants from Yarkand -- View from summit of pass -- Rapid torrent -- Large glacier -- Steep moraines...
1. CHAPTER I.Appointment to a Mission about to proceed to Tibet -- Leave Firozpur for Simla -- Approach to the Mountains -- Appearance of Himalaya from Plains of India -- Kalka -- Ascent to...
9. CHAPTER IX.Leave Iskardo for Rondu -- Insurrection in Gilgit -- Koardu -- Kamar -- Enter narrow part of Indus valley -- Difficult road -- Range of mountains south of Indus -- Description o...
7. CHAPTER VII.Departure from Le -- Sabu valley -- Pass between Le and Nubra -- Snow -- Encamp at 15,500 feet -- Digar -- Valley of Shayuk -- Alluvium -- _Populus Euphratica_ -- Tsatti -- Nubr...
2. CHAPTER II.Leave Simla -- Mahasu Ridge -- Pine Forest -- Summit of Mahasu -- Vegetation of Northern Slope -- Fagu -- Theog -- Mattiana -- Cultivated Valley -- Nagkanda -- Ascent of Hattu -...
12. CHAPTER XII.Marked change in the Vegetation -- Bridge over Chenab -- Pargwal -- Description of Chenab valley -- Asdhari -- Chatargarh -- Road turns up valley of Butna -- Vegetation of Chena...
3. CHAPTER III.Sildang river -- Fine grove of Deodars -- Nachar -- Fruit-trees -- Vine seen for first time -- Boundaries of Kulu and Kunawar -- Cross Sutlej at Wangtu bridge -- Vegetation of b...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Leave Iskardo in the direction of Kashmir -- First march through snow to Turgu -- Lacustrine clay -- it extends into narrow valleys beyond Nar -- Gol -- Junction of Indus and Sh...
10. CHAPTER X.Environs of Kashmir -- City lake -- Gardens of Shalimar and Dilawer Khan -- Pampur -- Avantipura -- Platforms of lacustrine clay -- Mountain of Wasterwan -- Ancient city -- Clay...
6. CHAPTER VI.Descend Hanle river -- Unsettled weather -- Encamp on banks of Indus -- Upper course of Indus -- Pugha ravine -- Forest of Myricaria trees -- Borax plain -- Hot springs -- Borax...
5. CHAPTER V.Leave valley of Piti river -- Kibar -- Cultivation above 14,000 feet -- Vegetation of mountains -- Rocky gorge -- Encampment at 17,000 feet -- Parang Pass -- Snow-bed and glacie...
13. CHAPTER XIII.Rope bridge across Zanskar river -- Tongde -- Zangla -- Road leaves Zanskar river -- Takti La -- Nira -- Bridge over Zanskar river -- Singhi La -- Phutaksha -- Wandla -- Lama Yu...
15. CHAPTER XV.General description of Tibet -- Systems of mountains -- Trans-Sutlej Himalaya -- Cis-Sutlej Himalaya -- Kouenlun -- Four passes across Kouenlun -- Boundaries of Western Tibet --...
11. CHAPTER XI.Leave Jamu to return to Tibet -- Lake of Sirohi Sar -- Vegetation of lower hills -- _Dodonæa_ -- Ramnagar -- Garta -- Dadu, on a tributary of the Chenab -- Camp at 10,000 feet -...
32. Chapter I. General Properties of Ponderable Matter.