Excerpt from Beyond the Himalayas: A Story of Travel and Adventure in the Wilds of Thibet Tion for the imagination of young people, if, as formerly, they take delight in wandering among strange and wild scenes, and in encountering manifold obstacles and dan gers. Many have sought of late years to climb over the division-wall between the two crowded Eastern worlds of India and China, - the trader, to find a new market for his wares; the explorer, in search of a whole nest of Chinese puzzles regarding the courses of giant ...
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Excerpt from Beyond the Himalayas: A Story of Travel and Adventure in the Wilds of Thibet Tion for the imagination of young people, if, as formerly, they take delight in wandering among strange and wild scenes, and in encountering manifold obstacles and dan gers. Many have sought of late years to climb over the division-wall between the two crowded Eastern worlds of India and China, - the trader, to find a new market for his wares; the explorer, in search of a whole nest of Chinese puzzles regarding the courses of giant rivers and mountain chains; and the missionary, in pursuit of his self-denying labours. Only at one point, however, and by a roundabout way, has the journey been accomplished. This is not wonderful, when we reflect that the traveller. In these countries must run the gauntlet of savage mountain tribes, jealous. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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