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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: the populace formeda circle outside, A fire was lighted in the middle and wasmaintained by dung from four sacks. It was pitch darkoutside, but yellow flames threw a bright gleam over thedark Tibetans, servants, herdsmen, nomads and soldiers,women and children, youths and old men. They stood inwondering groups in their skin coats blackened by thesmoke of tires, bare-headed, with long black tresses hang-ing over their shoulders. The light from the fire madea vain attempt to gild them. They stood out in sharpeffective relief against the deep shadows (Illust. 336). I charged Abdul Kerim to do his very best, and heinformed me that the programme would contain fifteenitems, song and dance following alternately without apause. The first item was a dance with sticks to representswords; the second, a hunting episode: a wild animal,composed of two crouching men with a piece of felt overthem and two sticks for horns, went prancing round thefire ; a hunter with his gun crept about, took aim at the Text Appearing After Image: 353- Nima Tashi,Commandor of the Government-Escorton the way to the Teri-nam-tso. 354- Nuns of Mendong. 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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