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CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| Preface | [vii] | |
| I. | A Forbidden Country | [1] |
| II. | An Unknown Pass | [10] |
| III. | A Narrow Escape | [20] |
| IV. | Watched by Spies | [29] |
| V. | Warned Back by Soldiers | [37] |
| VI. | Encounter with a High Tibetan Official | [47] |
| VII. | An Exciting Night Journey | [58] |
| VIII. | Hungry Fugitives | [67] |
| IX. | An Attempt at Mutiny | [79] |
| X. | Among Enemies and Robbers | [90] |
| XI. | In Strange Company | [102] |
| XII. | Among the Lamas | [113] |
| XIII. | Life in the Monasteries | [126] |
| XIV. | Another Disaster | [136] |
| XV. | Followed by Tibetan Soldiers | [150] |
| XVI. | First White Man in the Sacred Province | [163] |
| XVII. | Disaster at the River | [176] |
| XVIII. | Captured | [191] |
| XIX. | Threats of Death | [203] |
| XX. | A Terrible Ride | [210] |
| XXI. | The Executioner | [220] |
| XXII. | A Charmed Life | [233] |
| XXIII. | Led to the Frontier | [245] |
| XXIV. | With Friends at Last | [257] |
| Appendix | [267] | |
ILLUSTRATONS
| THE AUTHOR | [Frontispiece] | |
| INVOLUNTARY TOBOGGANING | Facing p. | [10] |
| AT NIGHT I LED MY MEN UP THE MOUNTAIN IN A FIERCE SNOW-STORM | " | [64] |
| BEHIND OUR BULWARKS | " | [76] |
| THE BANDITS LAID DOWN THEIR ARMS | " | [102] |
| A NATURAL CASTLE | " | [136] |
| CAMP WITH GIGANTIC INSCRIPTIONS | " | [142] |
| TORRENTIAL RAIN | " | [150] |
| TIBETAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN | " | [174] |
| PURCHASING PONIES | " | [192] |
| I WAS A PRISONER | " | [194] |
| DRAGGED INTO THE SETTLEMENT | " | [196] |
| CHANDEN SING BEING FLOGGED | " | [202] |
| THE RIDE ON A SPIKED SADDLE | " | [218] |
| WE ATTACKED OUR GUARD WITH STONES | " | [254] |
| CLIFF HABITATIONS | " | [262] |