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Trans-Himalaya - Volume 1

Sven Anders Hedin

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .onsoled myself with the thought that we should soon be in a country where, with the best will in the world, we could not spend a farthing. A large caravan sucks up money, as a vampire blood, as long as it remains in inhabited cultivated lands; but when all contact with human civilization is cut off, it must live on its own resources; consequently, it gradually dwindles and approaches its dissolution. As long as it is at all possible we let the animals eat all they can; the best clover to be had must be procured, and both horses and mules must be so well tended that they can afterwards live on their own fat and endure the hardships that await them.

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CHAPTER IV

THE LAST PREPARATIONS

Captain Patterson was now Joint-Commissioner of the province of Ladak. He received me from the first with the greatest hospitality and kindness, and was one of the finest men I have ever come. . . Read More

Community Reviews

3.00
- Vincent - Apr 30, 2022

Bit too long. The most fascinating part is the description of the "demonic" lamaist ceremonies.
Father Huc only said that Lamaism is mystic and Lamas would fight each other during New Year, but never explained it in detail.

5.00
- Santanu - Aug 18, 2017

It's another good book that makes feeling sad once completed. A part, in extracts of a chapter I had the chance to read once I was a school going boy. As many of that age adventure stories were fascinating and the writing created a long lasting memory on itself. I longed to read the book and got the

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