Among the Himalayas
by L.A. Waddell
Publisher: A. Constable & Co. 1899
ISBN/ASIN: 1148147845
Number of pages: 486
Description:
During the past fourteen years I have traversed portions of this region nearly every year, sketching, shooting, collecting, and especially exploring the customs of the people on the frontiers of Tibet, and of Nepal -- the land of the warlike Goorkhas -- where I lived in tents for four or five months of several successive years.
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