Central Asia and Tibet. Towards the holy City of Lhasa

But whilst thus tendering the evidence of my gratitude to the able and successful administrator I desire also by my dedication of the book to Lord Curzon to express my admiration for the learned geographer and at the same time render my homage to one who is counted amongst the profoundest of living students of the geography and politics of Asia. [...] XXXV.—Looking to the North-east 549 The Fish Mountain. 554 The Fish Mountain Seen from the Middle of the Lake. 554 View Down the Lake—The Storm Disappearing in the Distance 555 The Sun Setting on the Lake. 535 A Struggle for Life. 559 Making a Sick-bed for Aldat. 569 Turdu Bai Beside a Mountain at Camp no. [...] And I was really in need of it for I had rested very badly during the first nights of the journey through not being yet accustomed to the restless life of the caravan especially the noises of the camp such as the neighing of the horses and the barking of the dogs. [...] Nothing broke the solemn stillness save the ripple of the water and the stirring of the wind in the tree-tops. [...] At its eastern end the Alai valley is shut in by a ring of mountains nicked however by the flat pass of Tong-burun which forms at one and the same time the eastern threshold of the valley and the main watershed in that part of the world.