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25 689 feet high, the highest mountain throughout the world over 

 which the British flag flies. Close by rivalling it in height and 

 beauty stands Komet its sister peak, while away across the 



f. ?i"^*^^^^ ^^® ^^^* tableland of Western Tibet, averaging 

 some 14,000 feet above sea level, the gigantic Gurla Mandhata away 

 to the north-west towering above its countless peaks and summits 

 It IS a romantic land far upon the roof of the world. 



Of the superstitions, folklore, and manner of life of the people 

 who inhabit this Borderland, Mr. Sherriug has much to say. The 

 Bhotias who dwell on the British side are described as intrepid 



traders 



r^t 4.x. T>-i. J. , "^ctiij ixiic miiiiiy uuaiiiies ; wnue 



ot the iibetans who occupy the land beyond the Frontier, little has 

 been known hitherto, and it is in the light thrown upon them and 

 their manners and customs that the chief interest of Mr. Sherrin^'s 

 book lies. Of Ashol and the aboriginal Rajas or Rawats, of the 

 legends and superstitions of the holy land of the Buddhists and 

 Hindus, of Tibetan and Bhotia death ceremonies, aud of the offi- 

 cials and administration of Western Tibet much that is worthy of 

 note IS recorded. Special interest attaches to the description of the 

 tamous Mansarovar and Rakos Lakes and of Mount Kailas, the 

 magmficent abode of the gods, the secrets of which have been 

 '^ ^°^^/:^°^f.y g^.*r<Jed. Gartok itself is disappointing, having 

 changed but little since the days when Moorcrof t and Hearsey visited 

 It nearly one hundred years ago. It consists only of some fifteen to 

 twenty houses mere mud huts built of rough sun-dried bricks. 

 Only du^ng the three months' residence of the Viceroys during 

 the great annual fair when the traders pitch their tents in vast 

 array on_ the surrounding plateau, does Gartok awake to life. 

 «ff. f y^*^f.e«ti^g chapter by Dr. T. G. LongstafE describes his 

 attempt to chmb Gur a Mandahata. Rising 25,350 feet above sea 

 level It IS probably the highest mountain in Tibet and to the 



acc^^W^^K i P^^^*'^^"y untrodden ground. Dr. Longstaff was 

 accompanied by two alpine guides and succeeded in gettlg with- 

 in fifteen hundred feet of the summit ^ 



pl.oto^knh^/'f''S'' ^°''^ '' profusely illustrated with excellent 



with two^ f""? ^ '"^'t ' f°*^ P^°P^^« described and furnished 



rtudenTanrfh ""^^"- , ^' f''''^^ P^^^^ «^ ^^*^r««t alike to the 

 stuaent and the general reader. 



F. B. Beadley-Birt. 



Chipp 



and 



By A. C. Logan, I.C.S. (Calcutta, Thacker 



This valuable work is the first attempt that has been made 

 [ive a connected account of fh^ io^„„ „^n„„i.- __ .i- ^ t 



stnn^ irr^T^i^ r "-'^^"«' oi. me large collections of Indian 



foZt o^f W I P""'"!^^^ i^ '^^ Indian Museum and other 

 rent The tlfn-f"" "^^^^^ discussion of their geological occur- 



SeTer.! chaXHS ^'it \\?!r.fAl-^^^^ "pal.oliths." 



stratigraphy 



