X CONTENTS
PAET II
THE GARTOK EXPEDITION
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I. EVENTS OE THE PRECEDING TEAR . . . . 159
I I . PREPARATIONS AT GTANTSE . . . . . 161
I II. ON THE ROAD TO SHIGATSE . . . . . 168
IV. INTERVIEW WITH THE TASHI LAMA . . . . 176
V. THE EXPEDITION REACHES LHATSE DZONG . . . 188
VI. MOUNT EVEREST . . . . . . 2 0 5
VII. “ e a r e r o m t h e m a d d i n g c r o w d ” . . . . 2 2 4
VIII. UNLIMITED SPORT . . . . . . 2 3 0
IX. HOLT MANASAROWAR . . . . . . 2 4 0
X. PECULIAR CUSTOMS . . . . . . 2 5 4
XI. THE HOME OE THE GODS . . . . . 2 5 9
XII. GARTOK REACHED . . . . . . 271
XIII. INTO A NEW LAND . . . . . . 2 8 0
XIV. A FORGOTTEN CITT . . . . . . 2 8 5
XV. ACROSS THE FRONTIER . . . . . 2 9 7
APPENDIX : THE FAUNA OE TIBET . . . . 3 0 7
INDEX . . . . . . . . 321
L IS T O F IL L U S T R A T IO N S
a woman o e t a n k s e . . . . . Frontispiece
s h o e in g p o n ie s in l e h . . . . Facing page 14
OUR CARAVAN PONIES IN LEH SERAI . . . „ 14
WOMEN OE TANKSE SIFTING GRAIN . . . „ 2 2
HARGREAVES AND HIS PONT ON THE MARSI-MIK LA,
1 8 ,3 0 0 FEET . . . . . . „ 3 0
THE MORNING OF DEPARTURE FROM TANKSE . . „ 3 0
WESTERN TIBET SCENERT . . . . „ 3 6
TAKS CROSSING AN ICE BRIDGE IN THE CHANGCHENMO
VALLET . . . . . . „ 3 6
NEAR SHEMEN TSO . . . . . „ 5 0
KIANG PLAIN NEAR SHEMEN TSO . . . „ 5 0
HARGREAVES’ CAMP AT ARPORT TSO; DEAD PONIES IN
THE FOREGROUND . . . . . „ 7 0
HALT BT THE WAT . . . . . „ 8 4
A COUNTRT GENTLEMAN SALUTING WITH HIS TONGUE . „ 8 4
SHOEING PONIES NEAR LAKE MARKHAM . „ 9 8
DIGGING FOR WATER. THE BATH BEING USED AS A
TROUGH . . . . . . „ 9 8
AT SURVET WORK WITH SOONAM SIRRING . . „ 106
HUPING TSO . . . . . . „ 106
ARU TSO . . . . . . . „ 1 1 0
NOMAD FAMILT OF WESTERN TIBET . . . „ 1 1 6
OUR CAPTORS . . . . . . „ 134
A TIBETAN NOMAD’S TENT . . . . „ 146
CAMP ON THE KHEO RIVER . . . . 1 4 6
A SOLDIER OF RUDOK . . . . ' . „ 152
MEN OF RUDOK SENT TO ASSIST US . . „ 152
ONE OE THE FIVE GOLDEN TOMBS AT TASHI LHUMPO . „ 159
ENTRANCE GATE OE SHALU MONASTERY . . „ 170
f o r t i f ie d w a l l a c ro s s t h e r o a d n e a r p i n -d zo-l in g „ 1 7 0
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