10 ILLUSTRATIONS 



FACING PAGE 



A QO-LB. TUSKER ........ l68 



A DIFFICULT PIECE OF CLIMBING ...... 174 



" SWINGING IN THE AIR " . . . . . . .176 



UP THE SHOULDER OF THE MATTERHORN IN A STORM . . l82 



UNDER THE SHOULDER OF THE MATTERHORN . . . . l82 



MR. SAMUEL TURNER CLIMBING AN AWKWARD PINNACLE WITH ROUND 



TOP ......... 188 



PORTER MISSES HIS FOOTING AND DANGLES OVER 5,OOO FEET OF 



PRECIPICE ........ 188 



"DESOLATE CAMP," TENT ON MORAINE, AND BELUKHA WEST PEAK . IQ4 

 A 70% SLOPE ON MOUNT HUASCARAN . . . . -194 



MOUNTED ARAB SHEIKHS ....... IQ7 



A FANTEE BELLE ........ 20O 



" AN ELEPHANT, WITH A MAHOUT DOZING ON HIS HEAD, WAS ADVANC- 

 ING TOWARDS US." . . . . . . .210 



MYSELF AFTER FOUR DAYS IN THE JUNGLE, AND THE SIAMESE SOLDIERS 

 WITH WHOM WE FELL IN NOW AND THEN BETWEEN MYAWADI 



AND REHANG. I HAD SOLD MY HELMET . . . . 2IO 



THE DANCING PROCESSION ....... 228 



A MONGOLIAN BAND ....... 236 



DANCE MASKS ........ 239 



THE WAR IN HEAVEN ...... . 244 



THE BEAR ......... 2$3 



HOISTING A POLAR BEAR ON BOARD ..... 2$8 



ONE OF THE " BOYS " ....... 264 



A "BRONCO-BUSTER" AT WORK ..... 268 



DRAGGING A LAZO'D CALF ....... 272 



PIALARING A LAZO'D CALF ....... 272 



COMMANDANT D'OLLONE OFFERING THE SCARF OF FELICITY TO THE 



DALAI LAMA ........ 276 



A TIBETAN VILLAGE ....... 282 



TIBETAN HORSEMEN . . . . . . .282 



PIKE QUESTIONING TIBETANS ...... 288 



MAGICIAN WRITING A CHARM ON A SAUCER .... 322 



A WITCH-DOCTOR ........ 330 



THE HIPPOPOTAMUS THAT DID NOT KNOW HE WAS DEAD . . 337 



SIBERIAN DOGS ....... 344 



