Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 45747-h.htm or 45747-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/45747/45747-h/45747-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/45747/45747-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/climbingonhimala00collrich Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals. The carat character (^) indicates that the following character(s) enclosed in curly brackes is/are superscripted (examples: K^{1}, E^{58}). CLIMBING ON THE HIMALAYA AND OTHER MOUNTAIN RANGES * * * * * * _Printed at the Edinburgh University Press_, by T. and A. CONSTABLE, FOR DAVID DOUGLAS. LONDON SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT AND CO., LTD. CAMBRIDGE MACMILLAN AND BOWES. GLASGOW JAMES MACLEHOSE AND SONS. * * * * * * [Illustration: A Stormy Sunset.] CLIMBING ON THE HIMALAYA AND OTHER MOUNTAIN RANGES by J. NORMAN COLLIE, F.R.S. Member of the Alpine Club Edinburgh David Douglas 1902 All rights reserved PREFACE After a book has been written, delivered to the publisher, and the proofs corrected, the author fondly imagines that little or no more is expected of him. All he has to do is to wait. In due time his child will be introduced to the world, and perhaps an enthusiastic public, by judicious comments on the virtues of the youngster, will make the parent proud of his offspring. Before, however, this much-desired event can take place, custom demands that a preface, or an introduction of the aforesaid youngster to polite society, must be written. Unfortunately also the parent has to compile a list or index of the various items of his progeny's belongings that are of interest; so that nothing be left undone that may be of service to the young fellow, what time he makes his bow before a critical audience. In books on travel, nowadays, it is customary often somewhat to scamp this necessary duty, and, after a few remarks in the preface, on subjects not always of absorbing interest, to conclude with the hope that the reader will be as interested in the description of places he has never seen as the author has been in writing about them.