PRINTED BY
JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR, LITTLE QUEEN STREET,
LINCOLN’S IN N FIELDS.
O n the termination of my journey in Tibet, I submitted
to the Indian Government a detailed report of my observations
in that country. It was my original intention to
request the permission of the Court of Directors to publish
this report in the form in which it was drawn up fc,
but after my return to England, this plan was, at the
suggestion of friends, abandoned for that now followed.
At the time of my appointment to the Tibet Mission,
my attention had not been specially directed to the
Himalaya, but I have since had many opportunities of
studying that chain of mountains. My first definite impressions
of Himalayan geography were received from
my fellow-travellers, Major Cunningham and Captain
Henry Strachey. The latter gentleman had just completed
one of the most adventurous journeys ever made
in the Himalaya; and Major Cunningham’s knowledge