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[edit]DescriptionImage from page 152 of "Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet" (1909) - 14596127730.jpg |
English: Identifier: transhimalayadis02hedi
Title: Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet Year: 1909 (1900s) Authors: Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952 Subjects: Tibet (China) -- Description and travel Publisher: London : Macmillan and co., ltd. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: mountain sheep. The clouds are blue-black overthe mountains to the south, and from them hang downelegantly curved fringes and draperies heavy with rain.One can hear in imagination the drops splashing on thestones, and new-born torrents rushing down the valleys.The trifling rain that has fallen in our neighbourhood canonly moisten the ground for a short time. The dropsmade a pleasant sound as they pelted on the TradumGovas umbrella and on my Curzon hat. Thunder rolledheavily and solemnly round about in the mountains, likean echo of the trumpet of the last judgment. Then we cross the Nerung-tsangpo, come out into thegreat valley plain of the Brahmaputra, and encamp in acountry inhabited by numbers of nomads. The Gova ofNagor was a tall, agreeable man, who procured us tsamba,chang, and goose eggs—a pleasant change from our per-petual diet of mutton. Robert and Shukkur Ali caughtfish. The Gova told me that his parents, who belonged toKham, had made a pilgrimage to the Kang-rinpoche and Text Appearing After Image: 236. A CmiOKlKN IN NiCIAI Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. |
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