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accident, while bathing, which left him paralysed below the waist, 

 with no hope of recovery. 



It was in these circumstances that he determined to devote what 

 time and energy remained to him to the cause of Science, and for the 

 rest of his life he worked with indomitable courage and brilhant 

 success at intricate biological and biochemical problems, taking 

 special interest in Mendehan research. The success was the more 

 astonishing inasmuch as many of his investigations called for 

 exceptional manual skill, which he acquired by dint of almost 

 incredible perseverance, in spite of the fact that his hands and arms 

 were still partially paralysed. In the summer of 1921 a list of his 

 pubhshed scientific works was submitted to the Council of the Royal 

 Society, in order that he might stand for election as a Fellow, but 

 he died before attaining that distinction, on June 27th, 1922, leaving 

 an example of high courage to which it would be hard to find a 

 parallel. 



FROM CHINA TO HKAMTI LONG. 



By Captain F. KINGDON WARD, F.R.G.S. 



Author of " The Romance of Plant Hunting," " The Mystery Rivers 



OF Tibet," etc. 



One Volume. DemySvo. With Illustrations and Map. 18s.net. 



Captain Kingdon Ward has already made a reputation as one of 

 the most intrepid explorers of the difficult and little-known country 

 on the marches of Burma, China, and Tibet. The important journey 

 described in this volume gives the reader an insight into the changes 

 — physical, climatic, and botanical — which take place as the traveller 

 passes westwards from the Yangtze across that narrow strip of 

 earth's crust where the great rivers of South-East Asia escape from 

 Tibet, and where jungle hides the head- waters of the mighty Irra- 

 waddy. Captain Ward's primary object was to discover new plants, 

 but to reach the wild districts which are his hunting-ground is no 

 light task. Even to reach the city of Likiang in the heart of Asia 

 involves a formidable journey, for there is no " Magic Carpet " to 

 transport one thither. A glance at the Map which accompanies 

 the book shows how formidable were the obstacles he had after- 

 wards to surmount, at one moment bathed in tropical heat in the 

 river valleys, at another wellnigh frozen on mountain ridges, 16,000 

 feet above sea-level. Of great interest, apart from the difficulties 

 of travel, are his accounts of the inhabitants and their manners and 

 customs. Captain Ward possesses striking descriptive gifts and 

 an admirable style ; he has the philosophy of a man who has spent 

 much of his life in the vast open spaces of the world ; above all, he 

 has the spirit of adventure. 



