IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND AN ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY IN TIBET CAPTURE
A. HENRY SAVAGE LANDOR AUTHOR OF " COREA, OR THE LAND OF THE
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I FROM LONDON TO NAINI TAL
CHAPTER II Loads A set of useful pack-saddle cases Provisions
CHAPTER III Pithoragarh Fakir women A well-ventilated abode Askote The Rajiwar and his people.
CHAPTER IV The Raots A slippery journey Superstitious
CHAPTER V A pilgrim from Mansarowar Lake The spirits of the
CHAPTER VI Highways and trade routes The Darma route The
CHAPTER VII The word Bhot and its meaning Tibetan
CHAPTER VIII Prayer by wind-power Photography under
CHAPTER IX Discouraging reports A steep ascent How I came to
CHAPTER X The Nerpani , or "waterless track" Exaggerated
CHAPTER XI A series of misfortunes Tibetan atrocities on
CHAPTER XII Tibetan threats My birthday Ravenous dogs A big dinner Shoka hospitality.
CHAPTER XIII Shoka hospitality How I obtained much
CHAPTER XIV A palaver To see is to believe Dangers and perils
CHAPTER XV An earthquake Curious notions of the natives A
CHAPTER XVI The Rambang Shoka music Love-songs Doleful
CHAPTER XVII FUNERAL RITES Departure of the
CHAPTER XVIII Touching Shoka farewell Feelings curiously
CHAPTER XIX A dangerous track Perilous passage A curious
CHAPTER XX Dr. Wilson joins my expedition for a few
CHAPTER XXI The Kuti Castle Under way Our first disaster A
CHAPTER XXII Want of fuel Cooking under difficulty Mansing
CHAPTER XXIII The scouts return A small exploring party The Mangshan glacier.
CHAPTER XXIV Snow and troublesome dEbris The doctor's
CHAPTER XXV The sources of the Kuti River The Lumpiya
CHAPTER XXVI Mysterious footprints Brigand or spy? Passes and
CHAPTER XXVII Lama Chokden A Tibetan guard The sacred
CHAPTER XXVIII An extensive valley Kiang, or wild horse Their
CHAPTER XXIX Arrival of a high official The Barca Tarjum A
CHAPTER XXX Spying our movements Disguised sepoys A gloomy
CHAPTER XXXI An attempt that failed A resolution A smart
CHAPTER XXXII "Devil's Camp" A fierce snowstorm Abandoning
CHAPTER XXXIII S.E. wind Hungry and half frozen Lakes at
CHAPTER XXXIV Dacoits No nonsense allowed A much-frequented
CHAPTER XXXV All that remained of my men's provisions The plan
CHAPTER XXXVI "Terror Camp" Two more messengers leave camp A
CHAPTER XXXVII A Tibetan guard's encampment Nattoo volunteers
CHAPTER XXXVIII Night marching The Lafan and Mafan
CHAPTER XXXIX Spied and followed by robbers Jogpas'
CHAPTER XL More robbers The friends of Tibetan authorities A
CHAPTER XLI Tibetan coats, hats, and boots Why a Tibetan
CHAPTER XLII A Daku's strange ideas The ridge between the two
CHAPTER XLIII The Langa Tsangpo A terrific storm Drenched to
CHAPTER XLIV The interior of a serai Vermin Fish, local
CHAPTER XLV Friendly Lamas Chanden Sing and Mansing
CHAPTER XLVI Entering the Lamasery The Lama's
CHAPTER XLVII The Jong Pen's statements regarding me Sects of
CHAPTER XLVIII Illnesses and remedies Curious theories about
CHAPTER XLIX A Tibetan medicine-man Lumbago, and a startling
CHAPTER L Tucker village Chokdens Houses Flying
CHAPTER LI The start with a further reduced party A
CHAPTER LII What the men were like Their timidity Leather
CHAPTER LIII Rain in torrents A miserable night A gorge A
CHAPTER LIV My time fully occupied Our own yak drivers A
CHAPTER LV An interview Peace or war? Gifts and the scarf of
CHAPTER LVI Rain in torrents A swampy plain The sun at last Our yaks stolen and recovered.
CHAPTER LVII Travelling Tibetans Over a high pass A friendly
CHAPTER LVIII A sleepless night Watching our enemy A
CHAPTER LIX In pleasant company Unpopularity of the
CHAPTER LX The Maium Pass Into the Yutzang province Its
CHAPTER LXI Expecting trouble Along the Brahmaputra A
CHAPTER LXII Leaving the course of the river A pass An arid
CHAPTER LXIII A commotion An invitation declined The tents Delicacies The Chokseh .
CHAPTER LXIV Refusal to sell food Women Their looks and characteristics The Tchukti A Lhassa lady.
CHAPTER LXV Polyandry Marriage ceremonies Jealousy Divorce I
CHAPTER LXVI Tibetan funerals Disposal of their dead By
CHAPTER LXVII Another commotion Two hundred soldiers A
CHAPTER LXVIII Washing-day A long march Kiang and
CHAPTER LXIX The alarm given Our bad manners A peaceful
CHAPTER LXX Another Tibetan encampment Uncontrollable
CHAPTER LXXI Hungry and worn A sense of humour Two buckets of
CHAPTER LXXII Eighty black tents Starved Kindly
CHAPTER LXXIII Strange noises Ando the traitor Purchasing
CHAPTER LXXIV Chanden Sing's plucky resistance Mansing
CHAPTER LXXV A warning to my men Calm and coolness The
CHAPTER LXXVI Led before the tribunal The Pombo Classical
CHAPTER LXXVII My note-books and maps What the Lamas wanted me
CHAPTER LXXVIII A high military officer A likely friend A
CHAPTER LXXIX Sarcasm appreciated Kindness A change for the
CHAPTER LXXX The Rupun as a friend Treated with respect and
CHAPTER LXXXI A bearer of bad news Marched off to the
CHAPTER LXXXII A pitiful scene A struggle to get to Chanden
CHAPTER LXXXIII At an unpleasant pace Drawing near the
CHAPTER LXXXIV Intense pain Hustled to the
CHAPTER LXXXV Bleeding all over Insulted and spat upon "Kill
CHAPTER LXXXVI Mansing arrives A pretence of killing him Our execution postponed Fed by the Lamas.
CHAPTER LXXXVII Happiness checked Stretched on the
CHAPTER LXXXVIII Mansing partially untied after twelve hours on
CHAPTER LXXXIX An unknown article in Tibet My sponge
CHAPTER XC A consultation Untied from the rack The most
CHAPTER XCI A great relief The Pombo's attentions A weird hypnotic dance.
CHAPTER XCII Compliments exchanged A poisoned drink
CHAPTER XCIII Our lives to be spared An unpleasant
CHAPTER XCIV South of the outward journey Severity of our
CHAPTER XCV Easier times Large encampments Suffocating a
CHAPTER XCVI Towards Mansarowar Mansing's vision Bathing in Mansarowar.
CHAPTER XCVII Suna Wilson and the Political Peshkar across the
CHAPTER XCVIII A Commotion The arrival of an army Elected
CHAPTER XCIX Free at last Among friends Forgetting our past
CHAPTER C Civilisation once more Paralysis The Tinker Pass in
APPENDIX Letter from Sir William Lee Warner , C.S.I., Political
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IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND
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Times: "The ordinary reader will be struck with the portraits, which show that in a very few weeks he must have endured a lifetime of concentrated misery. Other travellers, no doubt, have gone further, but none who have escaped with their lives have fared worse.... Mr. Landor tells a plain and manly tale, without affectation or bravado. It is a book, certainly, that will be read with interest and excitement."
AthenÆum: "The account he has written of his travels and adventures is vivid and often fascinating. His frequent notices of curious customs are full of interest, and numerous illustrations from photographs or sketches taken on the spot render this one of the most attractive records of travel published recently."
Guardian: "Life, according to Mr. Landor, has 'barely a dull moment,' and the gloomiest of us will admit that this is at least true of that part of life which may be devoted to the reading of his latest book."
World: "He has contrived, even in circumstances of cruel disadvantage, to present a wonderfully minute and impressive series of pictures of the life, manners, and customs of the Tibetans. No less powerful and vivid are his descriptions of the scenery and natural phenomena of the Forbidden Land, which are reinforced by an ample series of illustrations that attain a high standard of artistic excellence. Mr. Landor's bitter experiences have had at least the advantage of providing him with material for the most absorbing travel book produced within recent times."
Daily Telegraph: "Mr. Landor's story is one of the most extraordinary tales of modern times, yet even the most sceptical reader will admire the vigour with which it is told, and the endurance with which the explorer and his faithful servants bore up against their savage captors."
Standard: "The book fascinates ... The verbal pictures it gives are extremely vivid, and the effect of them is greatly heightened by the numerous drawings and photographs by the author. Mr. Landor is an artist as well as traveller and writer, and he knows how to use his pencil and brush to emphasise his letter-press. Whatever may be said of the wisdom of his enterprises, his book is certainly a remarkable contribution to the literature of modern travel."
Daily News: "The great library of travel in the East has not received for many a year a more important addition than this bright, picturesque, and instructive volume."
Daily Chronicle: "Mr. Landor is an artist as well as a writer, and this handsome volume is most lavishly illustrated with sketches and photographs. Apart from its intense interest as a story of stirring adventure, the book is a valuable storehouse of information on Southern Tibet and its people, and on the little known Indian district of Northern Kumaon. This is surely a record of devotion to geographical science such as no previous explorer has been able to show."
A. Henry Savage Landor and his Two Faithful Servants
A. Henry Savage Landor and his Two Faithful Servants
