TIBET & NEPAL

PAINTED & DESCRIBED

BY A. HENRY SAVAGE LANDOR

PUBLISHED BY A. & C. BLACK
SOHO SQUARE·LONDON·W

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Published January 1905 [[vii]]

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. [Yellow Lamas with Prayer-Wheels] Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
2. [The Sacred Swings of Debi Dhura] 16
3. [An Awkward Moment] 22
4. [A Daramsalla] 30
5. [A Moment of Suspense] 34
6. [Red Lamas] 44
7. [Tibetan Man spinning Wool] 46
8. [A Nepalese Shoka] 48
9. [A Nepalese Lady] 52
10. [A Nepalese Woman] 58
11. [A Typical Native of N.W. Nepal] 60
12. [The Elfrida Landor Glacier, Nepal] 64
13. [Funnels in the Moraine Ice] 68
14. [The Armida Landor Glacier, Nepal] 70
15. [Author’s Camp, Nepal] 74
16. [One of the Lumpa Peaks and part of the Charles Landor Glacier] 78
17. [Deep Crevasses in the Glacier Ice] 80
18. [Rocks of all Sizes rolled with great Force down the Mountain Side] [[viii]]82
19. [The Birth of an Avalanche] 84
20. [A Perilous Crossing] 86
21. [A. Henry Savage Landor and the Four Men who accompanied him on his Ascent to 23,490 feet above Sea-Level] 90
22. [The Highest Mountain Altitude ever reached by a Human Being] 92
23. [Within an Ace of being precipitated some 6500 feet on to the Glacier below] 96
24. [The Lumpa Basin and Charles Landor Glacier] 98
25. [A Balancing Feat] 100
26. [Moraine of Glacier and Mountains, showing how Clouds form on the Snow-Line] 102
27. [Erecting Chokdens (Cairns) on the Savage Pass] 106
28. [Night-marching in a Storm] 108
29. [A Sea of Mist] 110
30. [Elongated Shadows on a Sea of Mist] 112
31. [Concentric Circles of Radiant Beauty formed by the Sun shining through Mist] 114
32. [Clouds forming on the Snow-Line] 116
33. [Author’s Tents. A Camp in Nepal] 118
34. [The Tinker Pass, Nepal-Tibet] 122
35. [Flying Prayers and a Mani Wall] 124
36. [A Tibetan Baby Girl] 126
37. [A Tibetan Girl] 128
38. [Tibetan Woman of the Commoner Class] 130
39. [Tibetan Lady] 132
40. [An Old Lady and her Prayer-Wheel] [[ix]]134
41. [Tibetan Dogs] 136
42. [A Tibetan Camp of Black Tents] 138
43. [Interior of a Tibetan Tent, showing Churn for mixing Tea with Butter] 140
44. [A Little Boy learning to Pray] 142
45. [Interior of Tibetan Temple] 144
46. [Tibetan Women weaving] 146
47. [Tibetan Women cleaning Wool] 148
48. [A Lama Standard-Bearer] 150
49. [A Race for the Kata] 154
50. [Tibetan Soldier at Target Practice] 156
51. [Tibetan Woman using a Sling for throwing Stones] 158
52. [Tibetan Games. Stone-Throwing] 160
53. [Tobogganing made easy] 162
54. [Tibetan Dance with Sword and Kata (Veil of Friendship)] 164
55. [A Typical Tibetan] 166
56. [Woman and Child praying before a Shrine inside a Tent] 170
57. [Tibetan Boy in his Gold-embroidered Hat] 172
58. [A Brigand] 174
59. [A Tibetan Spy in the Disguise of a Beggar approaching the Author’s Camp] 176
60. [“Chakzal, Chakzal.” The Tibetan Salutation] 178
61. [A Picturesque Old Fellow] 180
62. [An Ambidexter Lama Sculptor carving an Inscription on the Face of a Rock] 182
63. [A Weird Old Man of N.W. Nepal] [[x]]186
64. [Over a Pass in a Coming Storm] 188
65. [Calling Two Followers lost in the Storm] 190
66. [Tibetan Goat] 192
67. [A Troublesome Descent on Vertical Rocks] 194
68. [A Phantom Lion of Gigantic Proportions] 198
69. [The Nui Glacier] 202
70. [Ascent to the Nui Pass] 204
71. [Observations for Altitude taken under Difficulties on the Nui Pass, Darma] 208
72. [A Shrine of Curious Buddha Images] 212
73. [The Sacrifice of a Yak] 222
74. [Goats carrying Loads of Borax] 224
75. [Yaks and Ponies conveying Wool across the Frontier] 226

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