VIII. HUNGRY FUGITIVES 67

IX. AN ATTEMPT AT MUTINY 79

X. AMONG ENEMIES AND ROBBERS 90

XI. IN STRANGE COMPANY 102

XII. AMONG THE LAMAS 113

XIII. LIFE IN THE MONASTERIES 126

XIV. ANOTHER DISASTER 136

XV. FOLLOWED BY TIBETAN SOLDIERS 150

XVI. FIRST WHITE MAN IN THE SACRED PROVINCE 163

XVII. DISASTER AT THE RIVER 176

XVIII. CAPTURED 191

XIX. THREATS OF DEATH 203

XX. A TERRIBLE RIDE 210

XXI. THE EXECUTIONER 220

XXII. A CHARMED LIFE 233

XXIII. LED TO THE FRONTIER 245

XXIV. WITH FRIENDS AT LAST 257

APPENDIX 267

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE AUTHOR _Frontispiece_

INVOLUNTARY TOBOGGANING _Facing p._ 10

AT NIGHT I LED MY MEN UP THE MOUNTAIN IN A
FIERCE SNOW-STORM " 64

BEHIND OUR BULWARKS " 76

THE BANDITS LAID DOWN THEIR ARMS " 102

A NATURAL CASTLE " 136

CAMP WITH GIGANTIC INSCRIPTIONS " 142

TORRENTIAL RAIN " 150

TIBETAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN " 174

PURCHASING PONIES " 192

I WAS A PRISONER " 194

DRAGGED INTO THE SETTLEMENT " 196

CHANDEN SING BEING FLOGGED " 202

THE RIDE ON A SPIKED SADDLE " 218

WE ATTACKED OUR GUARD WITH STONES " 254

CLIFF HABITATIONS " 262

PREFACE

This book deals chiefly with the author's adventures during a journey
taken in Tibet in 1897, when that country, owing to religious
fanaticism, was closed to strangers. For the scientific results o