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Travels in the Himalayan Provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab in Ladakh and Kasmir; In Peshawar Kabul Kunduz and Bokhara

1837

Rice Cultivation—End of the Kulu Valley—Raffia river—Ascent of Ses dhar—Source of the Byas—Image of Byas Rikhi—Pass of Ritanka joth—Chandr'Maga or Chandra River—Province of Lahoul—Village of Kuksar—Monumental Piles—Sculptured Stones—Currant and Goose 'berry Bushes—Junction of the Surajbhaga—Course of the Chandrbhaga to the Plains—Source and Course of the Ravi—Tandi—Grain Store of the Raja o [...] In this journey hi was the first European to cross the Himalaya and make his way to the great plain between that and the Kuenlun chain the situation of the sources of the Indus and the Setlej and of the two remarkable lakes of Ravan and Manasa. [...] Besides the natural difficulties of the way he had to elude the vigilance of the Nepalese then masters of the Himalaya and who were on the eve of that war wi It the British which transferred the snowy mountains to the latter Mr Moorcroft had also to conciliate the Chinese authorities beyond the Himalaya and in spite of all obstacles and of sickness induced by exposure and fatigue he accompl [...] The accumulation of property can never afford such gratification to my mind as the reflection of having been in some degree accessary to the benefit of my 'country and of this retrospect no human power can deprive me.— He was much more sensible of the disapprobation expressed by the government of his interposition in political matters his becoming the medium of the tender of the allegiance of L [...] So much was he impressed with the capabilities of the countries he visited and the advantages to be derived from the cultivation of their products that it was his serious intention to settle upon his return in the lower range of the Himalaya and devote the rest of his life to the occupations of a farmer.
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Frontmatter
i-xii William Moorcroft, George Treback view
Preface
xiii-xlvii William Moorcroft, George Treback view
Part I.—Journey to Ladakh
1-136 William Moorcroft, George Treback view
Part II. Residence in Ladakh
137-319 William Moorcroft, George Treback view
Part III. Journey to Kashmir and Peshawar
320-471 William Moorcroft, George Treback view
Part IV. Journey to Kabul and Bokhara
472-565 William Moorcroft, George Treback view

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