WESTERN HIMALAYA AND TIBET
Home Library WESTERN HIMALAYA AND TIBET WESTERN HIMALAYA AND TIBET A NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN INDIA, DURING THE YEARS 1847-8. BY THOMAS THOMSON, M.D., F.L.S., ASSISTANT SURGEON BENGAL ARMY. LONDON: REEVE AND CO., HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1852. PRINTED BY JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR, LITTLE QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS. PREFACE. On the termination of my journey in Tibet, I submitted to the Indian Government a detailed report of my observations in that country. It was my original intention to request the permission of the Court of Directors to publish this report in the form in which it was drawn up; but after my return to England, this plan was, at the suggestion of friends, abandoned for that now followed. At the time of my appointment to the Tibet Mission, my attention had not been specially directed to the Himalaya, but I have since had many opportunities of studying that c