E-text prepared by Peter Vachuska, Carla Foust, Chuck Greif, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 27021-h.htm or 27021-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/7/0/2/27021/27021-h/27021-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/7/0/2/27021/27021-h.zip) Transcriber's note: Minor punctuation errors have been corrected without notice. An obvious printer error has been corrected, and it is listed at the end. All other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author's spelling has been maintained. AN EXPLORER'S ADVENTURES IN TIBET [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration: THE AUTHOR, FEBRUARY, 1897] [Illustration: THE AUTHOR, OCTOBER, 1897] AN EXPLORER'S ADVENTURES IN TIBET by A. HENRY SAVAGE LANDOR Author of "In the Forbidden Land" "The Gems of the East" etc. etc. With Illustrations by the Author Harper & Brothers Publishers New York and London MCMX Copyright, 1910, by Harper & Brothers All rights reserved Published April, 1910. Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE PREFACE vii I. A FORBIDDEN COUNTRY 1 II. AN UNKNOWN PASS 10 III. A NARROW ESCAPE 20 IV. WATCHED BY SPIES 29 V. WARNED BACK BY SOLDIERS 37 VI. ENCOUNTER WITH A HIGH TIBETAN OFFICIAL 47 VII. AN EXCITING NIGHT JOURNEY 58 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