List of [llustrations x1 
To face p. 
XVII Crossing the Salween at Cho-la in dug-out canoes. 82 
XVIII Lutzu cross-bow man of Cho-la . ; : ‘ ee 
Lutzu woman of Cho-la_. a * 
A Lutzu woman of Cho-la carrying a tio water- tub 99 
XIX A Lutzu girl of Cho-la weaving hemp cloth é a Tages 
Lutzu of Saung-ta in the arid region of the Salween 
Valley . a é ‘ ’ ‘ : & 
XX The Monastery, Men- ve : 96 
Men-kong, capital of oe S. B Tibet, Saige 
Valley . ‘ ‘ ‘ . : = 
XXI Priests’ houses, Men-kong signastery i 98 
Mani-pyramids ; the my of aaa in the? es 
ground . : ‘ ; : . 
XXII Primula pcciddastebinancie growing at 11, ses feet near 
A-tun-tsi : 108 
XXIII — Sunset over the oe Taokine sonth to Batang fron 
the edge of the plateau . ‘ ee 
XXIV Tibetan women of S.E. Tibet, skomae ae curious 
manner of doing the hair : : 3 : rey 
A Tibetan girl of A-tun-tsi. ; ; ‘ Biho as 
XXV Yak-skin coracle on the Yang-tze, near re feeas ; (i836 
Lake occupying a rock-basin at 16,000 feet on the 
Mekong-Yang-tze Divide : 5 * 
XXVI__sCView on the grass-land plateau, S.E. Tibet, 13,000 feet 134 
XXVII Two views of the Mekong at Samba-dhuka, showing 
fluted limestone cliffs and rope bridge. . 144 
XXVIII Wayside Temple in the Mekong Valley below Y‘a- janee 148 
Crossing a torrent in S.E. Tibet. : : : sie og 
XXIX K‘a-gur-pu, from an altitude of 12,000 feet, near 
A-tun-tsi, looking west . : 150 
XXX Screes above A-tun-tsi on the Mekoup-Vank- tze Divide. 
16,000 feet . 156 
XXXI The Mekong-Yang-tze ie Dads: looking Seah ee the 
Chnu-ma-la . ‘ 172 
XXXII “Francis Garnier Peak ree feet), at ane head af the 
Chun-tsung-la , ; : : . : ee | 
XXXIII The Chun-tsung-la, 13,000 feet . : : - 186 
XXXIV Sunset over the Salween-Irrawaddy inenrde: 3 view 
looking south-west from the Chun-tsung-la__.. . 188 
XXXV A Lissu woman of the Mekong Valley : F - 194 
A Lama priest of Wei-hsi . ; : : ‘ baer a 
