Among the Tibetans

The Vale of Kashmir is too well known to require description. It is the 'happy hunting-ground' of the Anglo-Indian sportsman and tourist, the resort of artists and invalids, the home of pashm shawls and exquisitely embroidered fabrics, and the land of Lalla Rookh. Its inhabitants, chiefly Moslems, infamously governed by Hindus, are a feeble race, attracting little interest, valuable to travellers as 'coolies' or porters, and repulsive to them from the mingled cunning and obsequiousness which have been fostered by ages of oppression. But even for them there is the dawn of hope, for the Church Missionary Society has a strong medical and educational mission at the capital, a hospital and dispensary under the charge of a lady M.D. have been opened for women, and a capable and upright 'settlement officer,' lent by the Indian Government, is investigating the iniquitous land arrangements with a view to a just settlement... Among the Tibetans - the Start Among the Tibetans - Shergol and Leh Among the Tibetans - Nubra Among the Tibetans - Manners and Customs Among the Tibetans - Climate and Natural Features Among the Tibetans My first trip to Tibet Japanese priest crosses desert to Tibet - Zuicho Tachibana Tibet, Tartary and Mongolia Prejevalsky's Exploration in Mongolia An Underground City Near Bokhara An American in Turkistan