the Brahmaputra--A thunderstorm--A
dilemma--A dangerous river--Swamped--Saved--Night disturbers--A new
friend Pp. 309-312

LXII
Leaving the course of the river--A pass--An arid plain--More
vanishing soldiers--Another river--A _mani_ wall--_Mirage?_--A large
Tibetan encampment--The chain of mountains north of us Pp. 313-315

LXIII
A commotion--An invitation declined--The tents--Delicacies--The
_Chokseh_ Pp. 316-320

LXIV
Refusal to sell food--Women--Their looks and characteristics--The
_Tchukti_--A Lhassa lady Pp. 321-326

LXV
Polyandry--Marriage ceremonies--Jealousy--Divorce--Identification of
children--Courtship--Illegitimacy--Adultery Pp. 327-333

LXVI
Tibetan funerals--Disposal of their dead--By cremation--By
water--Cannibalism--Strange beliefs--Revolting barbarity--Drinking
human blood--The saints of Tibet Pp. 334-337

LXVII
Another commotion--Two hundred soldiers--A stampede--Easy
travelling--A long _mani_ wall--Mosquitoes Pp. 338-341

LXVIII
Washing-day--A long march--_Kiang_ and antelope--Benighted--The
purchase of a goat--Ramifications of the Brahmaputra--A
detour--Through a swamp--Mansing again lost and found Pp. 342-345

LXIX
The alarm given--Our bad manners--A peaceful settlement--A large
river--Gigantic peak--Again on marshy soil Pp. 346-348

LXX
Another Tibetan encampment--Uncontrollable animals--A big
stream--Washed away--In dreadful suspense--Rescuing the yak--Diving
at great altitudes and its effects--How my two followers got
across--A precarious outlook and a little comfort Pp. 349-351

LXXI
Hungry and worn--A sense of humour--Two buckets of milk--No food to
be obtained--Chanden Sing and Mansing in a wretched state--Their
fidelity--Exhaustion Pp. 352-354

LXXII
Eighty black tents--Starved--Kindly natives--Presents--Ando and his
promises--A Friendly Lama--A low pass--My plans Pp. 355-357

LXXIII
Strange noises--Ando the traitor--Purchasing provisions and
ponies--A handsome pony--Decoyed away from my tent and
rifles--Pounced upon--The fight--A prisoner Pp. 358-361

LXXIV
Chanden Sing's plucky resistance--Mansing secured--A signal--A
treacherous Lama--Confiscation of baggage--Watches, compasses and
aneroids--Fear and avidity--The air-cushion--Dragged into the
encampment Pp. 362-366

LXXV
A