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Title: The Unveiling of Lhasa

Author: Edmund Candler

Release Date: August 6, 2010 [EBook #33359]

Language: English

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THE UNVEILING
OF LHASA

BY

EDMUND CANDLER

AUTHOR OF 'A VAGABOND IN ASIA'

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAP_

LONDON
EDWARD ARNOLD
Publisher to H.M. India Office
41 & 43 MADDOX STREET, BOND STREET, W.
1905
[_All rights reserved_]

THESE PAGES,
WRITTEN MOSTLY IN THE DRY COLD WIND OF TIBET,
OFTEN WHEN INK WAS FROZEN AND ONE'S HAND TOO NUMBED
TO FEEL A PEN, ARE DEDICATED TO

COLONEL HOGGE, C.B.,

AND

THE OFFICERS OF THE 23RD SIKH PIONEERS,
WHOSE GENIAL SOCIETY IS ONE OF THE MOST PLEASANT
MEMORIES OF A RIGOROUS CAMPAIGN.

PREFACE

The recent expedition to Lhasa was full of interest, not only on account
of the political issues involved and the physical difficulties overcome,
but owing to the many dramatic incidents which attended the Mission's
progress. It was my good fortune to witness nearly all these stirring
events, and I have written the following narrative of what I saw in the
hope that a continuous story of the affair may interest readers who have
hitherto been able to form an idea of it only from the telegrams in the
daily Press. The greater part of the book was written on the spot, while
the impressions of events and scenery were still fresh.