xii Illustrations 



THE "PASS OF A THOUSAND IBEX " . . .156 



OUR STEEDS ON THE PAMIRS . . . .162 



A GOOD DAY'S WORK . . . . .168 



PITCHING A "YURT" ..... 172 

 THE END OF HIS SUFFERINGS . . . .172 



LEH ....... 174 



A WELCOME FROM LAMAS . . . .176 



CHORTEN, LADAK . . . . .178 



MONASTERY, LADAK . . . . .192 



LAMA DANCERS . . . . . .194 



MURAL PRAYER-CYLINDERS . . . .194 



A BURHEL HEAD . . . . .196 



DEAD BURHEL ...... 210 



AN AMMON HEAD . . . . .224 



LUNCH HALF-WAY ..... 232 



A TIBETAN ANTELOPE . . . . .232 



HEAD OF TIBETAN ANTELOPE . . . .240 



CHANGPA (NOMAD) ENCAMPMENT . . . 242 



LADAKI DANCE ...... 242 



THE "MAN WHO HAS TO PRESENT THE LOCHAK" . 252 



WARES FROM LHASSA ..... 256 



MEMBERS OF THE LAPCHAK .... 256 



TIBETAN CURIOS. ..... 258 



A DEAD YAK ...... 272 



WARDENS OF THE TIBETAN MARSHES, GARTOK . . 272 



THE TEN-POINTER ..... 278 



THE HEAD WATERS OF THE YARKHUN RIVER . . 288 



YARKHUN RIVER . . . . .290 



SHANDUR LAKE ...... 292 



THE ALYS ...... 296 



THE RIVER STREET OF SRINAGAR . . . 296 



EVENING ON THE PANGONG LAKE . . . 302 



THE TOPS OF THE MOUNTAINS . . . .310 



THROUGH BELTS OF JUNIPER AND PINE . . .312 



AMONG THE CRAGS . . . . .314 



A RED BEAR 328 



