TRANS-HIMALAYA [Illustration] MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO [Illustration: Aron Jonason Photogr. 189. SVEN HEDIN. _Frontispiece_] TRANS-HIMALAYA DISCOVERIES AND ADVENTURES IN TIBET BY SVEN HEDIN WITH 388 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS, WATER-COLOUR SKETCHES, AND DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR AND 10 MAPS IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1910 _First Edition 1909_ _Reprinted 1910_ CONTENTS CHAPTER XXXV PAGE IMMURED MONKS 1 CHAPTER XXXVI OVER THE CHANG-LA-POD-LA 12 CHAPTER XXXVII TARGO-GANGRI AND THE SHURU-TSO 25 CHAPTER XXXVIII TO THE OUTLET OF THE CHAKTAK-TSANGPO IN THE BRAHMAPUTRA 38 CHAPTER XXXIX MUHAMED ISA'S DEATH 52 CHAPTER XL ALONG BYWAYS TO TRADUM 64 CHAPTER XLI A PEEP INTO NEPAL 77 CHAPTER XLII IN SEARCH OF THE SOURCE OF THE BRAHMAPUTRA 89 CHAPTER XLIII THE SOURCE OF THE SACRED RIVER--A DEPARTURE 99 CHAPTER XLIV A NIGHT ON MANASAROWAR 110 CHAPTER XLV MORE LAKE VOYAGES 122 CHAPTER XLVI A STORMY VOYAGE OVER THE HOLY LAKE 133 CHAPTER XLVII ON THE ROOF OF THE GOSSUL MONASTERY 144 CHAPTER XLVIII OUR LAST DAYS ON TSO-MAVANG 154 CHAPTER XLIX ADVENTURES ON LANGAK-TSO 166 CHAPTER L THE SOURCE OF THE SUTLEJ 178 CHAPTER LI A PILGRIMAGE ROUND KANG-RINPOCHE 189 CHAPTER LII OM MANI PADME HUM 200 CHAPTER LIII THE DISCOVERY OF THE SOURCE OF THE INDUS 207 CHAPTER LIV A RESOLUTION 215 CHAPTER LV A NEW CHAPTER 226 CHAPTER LVI UP TO THE HEIGHTS OF DAPSANG 237 CHAPTER LVII ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD 248 CHAPTER LVIII FORTY DEGREES BELOW ZERO 258 CHAPTER LIX IN THE SNOW 267 CHAPTER LX DEATH OF THE LAST VETERAN 272 CHAPTER LXI THIRTY DAYS OF STORM 282 CHAPTER LXII ADVENTURES OF OURSELVES AND PUPPY IN NAGRONG 292