Excerpt from Recollections of a Journey Through Tartary, Thibet, and China, During the Years 1844, 1845, and 1846, Vol. 2 Tar Aspect of the kao-tan-da . - A Glance at the Great Wall. Tartan unveiling ll Chins - Frightful Hurricane. - The Dchiahonra. -acqnaintance with a living Bum - Hotel of the Temperate Cli ileum - Battle of an Innkeeper With his Wife. - Water Milk - Arrival. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Recollections of a Journey Through Tartary, Thibet, and China, During the Years 1844, 1845, and 1846, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Evariste-Regis Huc

Travel

Forgotten Books

First published in 1928. 'To read it is like seeing the scenes described' Evening Standard 'One of the world's best travel books' Spectator 'The work remains a classic worthy of reproduction' The Times Published to critical acclaim and well known for many years afterwards this account of the journey across Mongolia to Lhasa in the early nineteenth century owes much of its success to the literary skills of its authors, made available in English for the first time by William Hazlitt and Paul Pelliot. Among other topics the chapters cover: The French mission of Peking, Tartar manners and customs, festivals, an interview with a Tibetan Lama, the flooding of the Yellow River, Tartar veterinary surgeons, irrigation projects, comparative studies between Catholicism and Buddhism, war between two living Buddhas, and the Chinese account of Tibet.

Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China, 1844-1846

Joseph Gabet

Literature & Fiction

Dover Publications

Travels in Tartary, Tibet and China, 1844-46

Asia

Asian Educational Services,India

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