The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, Through the Upper Valleys of the Himalaya

Andrew Wilson

Blackwood, 1875 - 475 էջ

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• CHAPTER VI: 50
• Lord NorthbrookThe Bengal FamineGeneral policyUmbra Indica: 60
• SIMLA AS A SANITARIUM: 80
• CHAPTER IX: 86
• CHAPTER X: 99
• The Rajah of BussahirDeath of a hillmanScenery of the Sutlej: 109
• CHAPTER XII: 117
• CHAPTER XIII: 126
• SLATE PRECIPICES: 135
• CHAPTER XV: 143
• The Oopsung GorgeNamgca fieldsCamp on the passThe great: 160
• CHAPTER XVIII: 168
• CHAPTER XIX: 181
• CHAPTER XX: 189
• CHAPTER XXI: 196
• NAKO: 205
• CHAPTER XXIII: 215
• CHAPTER XXIV: 224
• CHAPTER XXV: 237
• CHAPTER XXVI: 247
• THE VALLEY OF GLACIERS: 256
• CHAPTER XXVIII: 272
• CHAPTER XXXI: 295
• The scene at midnightFlaming starsImmensity of the universe: 305
• CHAPTER XXXIII: 315
• CHAPTER XXXIV: 322
• CHAPTER XXXVI: 333
• After the stormA lovely sceneNight in the wasteBearsGlacier: 341
• CHAPTER XXXVIII: 351
• CHAPTER XXXIX: 361
• THE VALLEY OF ROSES: 371
• CHAPTER XLI: 381
• Interview with Raubir SinghHis father a fish Transmigration: 394
• CHAPTER XLIII: 404
• CHAPTER XLIV: 414
• CHAPTER XLV: 424
• THE FIGHTING VILLAGE OF KUBBUL: 436
• CHAPTER XLVIII: 454
• CHAPTER XLIX: 462
• APPENDIXNote on the temperature of Pú: 474

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• Վերնագիր: The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, Through the Upper Valleys of the Himalaya; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Mapping the World: Maps and Travel Literature
• Հեղինակ: Andrew Wilson
• Հրատարակիչ: Blackwood, 1875
• Original from: Օքսֆորդի համալսարան
• Digitized: 22 Նոյեմբեր 2007
• Length: 475 էջ