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FROM SHIGATSE FORT LOOKING NORTH .
PART OF SHIGATSE, LOOKING EAST FROM THE FORT
THE GREAT MONASTERY OF TASHI LHUMPO
SARCOPHAGUS OF THE FIRST TASHI LAMA ; OF GOL
AND PRECIOUS STONES
SHIGATSE FORT .
CHINESE BARRACKS AND THE MARKET AT SHIGATSE
IRON CHAIN AND SUSPENSION BRIDGE OVER TH
BRAHMAPUTRA . . . .
LHATSE VILLAGE AND A PORTION OF THE MONASTERY
THE BRAHMAPUTRA IN THE DRY SEASON
PIN-DZO-LING TEMPLE AND MONASTERY
LHATSE FORT AND MONASTERY .
HIRA SINGH DOCTORING SICK TIBETANS AT LHATSE
LAMAS OF LHATSE BRINGING THEIR DOGS FOR SALE
FORCING THE FERRY-BOAT THROUGH THE ICE FLOES OF
THE BRAHMAPUTRA
GURKHA ORDERLIES AND AN INTERPRETER
AT WORK . . . .
A CHORTAN ON THE RIGHT BANK OF THE BRAHMA
PUTRA . . . .
A RELIGIOUS MENDICANT
BEGGARS . . . . .
CHANNEL BETWEEN MANASAROWAR AND RAKAS TAL
KAILAS PARBAT, THE SACRED MOUNTAIN
YAK DRIVERS . . . . .
YAKS ARRIVING IN CAMP
THE PLATEAU UPON WHICH THE ANCIENT TOWN OF
TOOLING STANDS . . . .
THE ANCIENT CANTILEVER BRIDGE WHICH SPANS THE
SUTLEJ NEAR TOOLING
SANDSTONE CAVES AT TIBU .
LEAVING A RAVINE IN THE SUTLEJ VALLEY
TIBETAN GAZELLE . .
TIBETAN ANTELOPE . . . .
WILD YAK
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PART I
EXPLORATION IN CENTRAL TIBET
1903