In the forbidden land

INDEX

• Abnormalities and Deformities, 263
• Aconite, 262
• Adultery, 333
• Almora, 6
• Altitude, greatest reached, 142
  • Difficulties of travelling at great, 141, 150
• Aneroids, 5
• Antelopes, 342
• Anti Ram Sah (banker), 63, 90
• Askote, 14, 460
  • Rajiwar of, 15, 30, 31, 460
  • Rajiwar's Court, 15, 16
• Authorities (Tibetan), 474, 475

• Bags, 279, 318
• Barca Tarjum, 167, 445, 472
• Bargain house, 62
• Bathing, 132, 464
• Bhot, 41, 468
• Bitroguare River, 127
• Black ointment, 321
• Black tents, 232, 314, 315, 316, 317, 343, 345, 346, 349, 355, 367, 381, 431, 432
• Black wolf, 218
• Bleeding, 262
• Boiling-point temperature at Gunkyo Lake, 301
  • at Rakstal and Mansarowar Lake, 217, 270
• Bone-setting, 261
• Boots, 227
• Boru, 258
• Botiyas, 43
• Boundary between Nepal and Kumaon, 30, 54
• Brahmaputra River, or Tsangpu, 306, 307, 308, 309, 313, 342, 429, 430
  • Ramifications of, 343
  • Sources of, 307, 430
  • Tributaries of, 308, 309, 314, 315, 348
• Brigands, 53, 176, 192, 200, 216, 217, 220, 225, 229, 292, 293
  • Manner of speaking, 214
• British Government, 452
• British Museum of Natural History, 5
• British prestige, 40
• Brown, Miss, 33, 48
• Buddi village, 62
• Bungadhura Mountain, 38
• Burns and their cure, 261
• Butterflies, 134, 213
• Byans and Chaudans, 475

• Cameras, 454
• Cannibalism, 335-337
• Carpet and rug making, 44
• Caves, 34, 62, 213
• Chai-Lek, or Tcheto Pass, 62
• Chanchubs, 248
• Chanden Sing, 8-10, 352, 362, 368, 370, 374, 375, 376, 390, 424, 470, 472, 473, 474, 477, 478, 479, 480
  • Deposition of, 484
• Chanden Sing, Flogging of, 370-372
• Charm-boxes, 276
• Charms, 240
• Chibbi, 245, 252
• Children, 229
  • Identification of, 332
• Chinese steel, 278
• Chipla Mountain, 14
• Chipula Forests, 24
• Chiram, 77
• Chokdens, 160, 268, 337, 448
• Chokseh, or table with offerings, 320
• Chökti, 75, 114
• Chongur Bridge, 113, 114
• Circumambulations, 212, 243, 247, 328
• Climate, 213
  • Change in the, 233, 307
• Clothing, 6
• Cold, 188, 209, 210, 218, 235, 347
• Collecting materials, 5
• Concubines, 333
• Confiscated property, 490, 499
• Consulting the oracle, 422
• Converts, 49
• Courtship, 332
• Cracks in the ice, 82, 137, 141
• Credentials, 2
• Cremation, 334
• Cowardice, 276, 439, 448
• Cupping, 262

• Dafia, 14
• Dancing, 305
• Daramsalla, 14
• Darma Yangti, 150
• Deafness, 263
• Delaling Monastery, 448
• Delang cake, 95
• Dementia, 263
• Dentistry, 259
• Deolthal, 12
• Deposition of witnesses, 477
• Devil's Camp, 182, 184
• Dharchula, 32, 33
• Dholi River, 42
• Diary, Notebooks, &c., 451
• Diet, 421
• Digestive powers, 258
• Disposal of the dead
  • by Animals, 335
  • by Water, 335
• Diving at great altitudes, 350
• Divorce, 329
• Dogmar, 442, 474
• Dogpas, 200, 202
• Dogs, 311, 410
• Doktol Province, 306
• Dola, 113
• Dongbo, or tea churn, 318
• Dongon River, 458
• Dooti Mountain, 15
• Drinking human blood, 256, 337
• Dubart, 33
• Dues paid by British subjects to Tibetans, 497

• Earrings, 168, 229, 240, 326
• Earthquake, 86
• Elongated ears, 262
• Evil omens, 365, 403
• Evil qualities to be avoided, 248
• Evil spirits, 257
• Execution ground, 399
• Exorcisms, 259, 260, 419

• Fakirs, 204
• Fakirs and Mansarowar, 27
• Features, 376
• Fever and diseases, 257, 263
• Fever-demon, 257
• Fire-cure, 263, 266
• Fish, 240
• Fits, 263
• Flying prayers, 46, 47, 305, 464
• Food, notions of natives regarding, 153
• Foreign Office, 466
• Fossils, gigantic, 218
• Frostbite, 130
• Fuel, 131, 156, 347
• Funerals, 334, 337

• Gakkon River, 194, 442, 448, 450
• Gangoli Hat, 11
• Gangri Mountains, 211, 233, 301, 308
• Garbyang, 63, 458, 460, 462, 471, 472
• Gargia, 30
• Gaussen, Lieut., 53, 66
• Gelupkas, 249
• Ghural, 82
• Gibti, 57, 58
• Goats, 344
• Gobaria, Pundit, 63, 452, 453, 473, 484, 487
  • Deposition of, 488
• Goître, 258
• Goling, 317
• Gomba, 232, 233, 448
• Gori River, 30
• Government allowance, 250
• Government Inquiry and Report, 452, 460, 466, 477-489
• Government of N.W. Provinces and Oudh, 469, 470
  • Conference held by Lieutenant-Governor of, 470
• Government of India, 451, 460, 466
• Government Report by J. Larkin, 471
• Government, Reports to, 451, 471
• Grand Lama, 252
• Grigg, Col., Commissioner of Kumaon, 7, 469
  • Letter from, 499
• Gungi, 76, 454
• Gungi Shankom, 76, 77
• Gunkyo Lake, 296, 301, 304
• Gyanema, 445, 472, 475
• Gyanema Fort, 163
• Gyanema Lake, 162
• Gyanema-Taklakot track, 194
• Gyatsho, 397, 473, 474, 481, 485, 486, 492

• Handcuffs, 387, 388, 473
• Hare-lip, 258
• Harness, 279
• Headgear, 227, 393
• Hernia, 258
• Highways to Tibet, 35-40
• Hillmen, 30
• Himahlyas, 35-39, 41, 85, 136, 142, 148-154, 156, 308, 314, 340
• Hindoo rites at Mansarowar, 242
• Honesty and honour, 228
• Horse races, 417
• House of Commons, 500
• Humli, Rongba encampments, 32
• Hundes, 41
• Hypnotism, 253, 418

• Images, 246
• India, 2
• Indian newspapers, 499
• India Office, 466, 471
• Injuries and wounds, 484
• Injuries to spine, 457
• Inlaid metals, 277
• Insanity, 263
• Inscriptions, 253, 282, 305
• Islands, 213

• Jagat Sing, 15
• Jealousy, 329
• Jewellery, 240
• Johari traders, 162
• Jolinkan Pass, 128
  • River, 129
• Jong Pen of Taklakot, 53, 65, 68, 90, 205, 438, 441, 453, 462, 464, 472, 475, 488, 489
  • His hatred of English subjects, 475
• Julinba, 250

• Kachi Ram, 113, 114
• Kali River, 32, 56, 76, 90
• Kalika, 32
• Kamarjuri, the, 28
• Kanwa, 76
• Karak Sing Pal (Political Peshkár), 438, 451, 452, 453, 458, 464, 468, 475, 484, 487, 488, 492
  • Deposition of, 488
  • Letters from, 497, 498
• Kardam, 202, 442
• Karko, 162
• Kata, or veil of friendship, 288, 328, 355, 417, 420
• Kathgodam, 469
• Kelas, or Tize, 211, 213
• Khela, 33
• Kiang, or wild horse, 162, 213, 342
• Kiatsamba-pun, 378
• Kunjuk-Sum, 248
• Kuti, 81, 123, 124
  • Castle at, 123
• Kuti River, 76, 77, 82, 84, 85, 127, 135
  • Sources of, 148
• Kutzia Daramsalla, 30

• Lachu River, 33
• Ladak-Lhassa track, 305, 308, 313, 349, 355
• Ladjekut Peak, 58
• Lahmari, 61
• Lama Chokden, 158, 175
• Lamas, 242, 245-256, 334-337, 364, 368, 370, 377, 393, 406, 408, 418, 473, 479, 485
  • Celibacy of, 253, 333
  • Fasting of, 252
  • Hermit, 214
  • Hypocrisy of, 387
  • Infallibility of, 252
  • Musicians, 400
  • Sculptors, 253, 282
  • Support of, 250
  • Temporary freedom with women, 256
  • Unpopularity of, 302
• Landor, A. H. Savage. See Savage Landor
• Langa River, 235
• Lapsang, 441, 442, 444, 452
• Larkin J., 6, 66, 460, 462, 464, 466, 468, 471, 476, 477
  • Letters from, 499
• Leather-work, 276
• Lha Kang, or temple, 245
• Lippu Pass, 35, 53, 63, 90, 438, 454, 462, 464
• Loads, 4
• Loudon Gourkha Fort, 11
• Luminosity of water, 208
• Lumpiya Glacier, 150
• Lumpiya Pass, 81, 90, 150, 438, 441, 442, 444, 472, 475, 477, 486, 487, 488, 492
• Luway Pass, 157

• Magbun (General-in-Chief), 164, 378
• Mahommedan shops, 15
• Maium Pass, 304, 305, 306, 472, 477
• Malpa River, 61
• Mangshan, 81, 90
• Mangshan Glacier, 138-140
• Mangshan Mountain, 491
• Mangshan River, 135, 141
• Mani wall, 313, 340
• Mansarowar Lake, 218, 233, 234, 242, 243, 435, 472, 474, 477, 484, 485, 486, 489
  • Legend about creation of, 243
  • and Rakstal Lakes, level of, 217
  • Ridge dividing, 218, 232
• Mansing, the coolie, 126, 352, 362, 390, 406, 407, 409, 470, 472, 474, 477, 478, 482
  • Deposition of, 486
• Marksmanship, 302, 417
• Marriageable age, 333
• Marriage ceremonies, 327-328
  • Punishments for adultery, 333
  • Restrictions on, 328
  • System, 328
• Marshy land, 343, 344, 348
• Martini-Henry rifle, 415, 483, 490
• Masses kept in ignorance, 252
• Matchlocks, 293, 302, 378
• Medallions containing ashes of the dead, 268
• Medicine-man, 265
• Medicines, 6
• Melancholia, 263
• Metal-work, 277
• Methodist Episcopal, Mission, 33
• Middù, 274
• Mirage, 314
• Money, 240
• Money-lending, 250
• Monkeys, 32, 53
• Mortification, 416
• Mosquitoes, 341
• Mud-holes, 344
• Musicians, 432

• Nabi, 77
• Nabi Shankom, 76
• Naini Tal, 2, 4, 6, 469
• Namjun Peak, 62
• Nari-Khorsum, 306
• Neganza or Nejangar Mountain, 58
• Nepal, 76, 458
• Nerba, 346, 393, 404, 452, 474, 475, 480, 481, 484, 488, 489, 493
• Nerpani track, 57-62, 458
• Nimo Nangil, 194
• Northern range parallel to Himahlyas, 308, 314, 340, 342
• Nunneries, 255

• Obos, 5, 306
• Occult arts, 253, 414, 422
• Offerings, 246
• Officers, 287
• Officials, 445
• "Ohe!" (Tibetan exclamation), 386
• "Omne mani padme hun," 216, 253, 254
• Optical phenomenon, 209

• Packing cases, 4
• Pack-saddles, 223, 279, 283
• Panku-Gomba, 270
• Paralysis, 263
• Passes into Tibet, 154, 155
• Photographs
  • by J. Larkin, 500
  • of wounds, &c., 454
  • by Dr. Wilson, 491, 498
• Photography, 466, 469
• Pigtails, 276
• Piles of stones, 129
• Pithoragarh, 11
• Plague, 2
• Plateau, a high, 150, 156
• Plateau, 194
• Plenki, 300, 301, 388, 422
• Poison, 421
• Polyandry, 327-333
• Pombo, the, 370, 418, 474, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483
  • Contortions of, 419
  • Tent of, 368, 397
• Pottery, 241
• Poverty of the masses, 250
• Prayer, a, 381
• Prayer-wheels, 255
• Provisions, 5, 122
• Puku, 225, 229, 315
• Pungo, 43

• Rack, 408, 474, 483, 493
• Rakastal, or Rakstal, Lake, 211, 218, 233
• Raksang, 318, 384
• Rambang, 62, 92-97
• Rankuti River, 33
• Raots or Rajis, 17-26, 469
  • Features of, 23
  • Food of, 22
  • Habitations of, 22
  • Marriages of, 25
• Release, 453
• Relegar River, 33
• Reports (Official), 487
• Rheumatism, 258
• Rhubarb, 213
• Rifles, 5
• Rites, religious, 247
• Ronkan, 77
• Rosary, 255
• Royal Geographical Society, 2
• Rupun, 377, 380, 383, 388
• Russian Embassy in London, 1
  • Government, 1

• Sacred dances, 253
• Sacrifices, 305, 328
• Saddles, 279
• Salutations, 287
• Samarakand, 1
• Sandhills and mounds, 391
• Savage Landor, A. H., 475, 477, 484, 486, 487, 488, 489, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 499
• Sensitiveness to physical pain, 259
• Serai, 435
• Servants, 7
• Shadgora, 12
• Shakta, 33
• Shankula, 53
  • River, 54
• Sheep loads, 31, 344
• Sheldon, Miss, 32, 48
  • Certificate of, 496
• Shokas, 43, 68, 188, 190, 450, 451, 452, 457, 460, 462, 464, 466
  • Cremation, 99
  • Dancing, 104-106
  • Death, 98
  • Diseases, 48
  • Dwellings, 73, 76
  • Funerals, 98-110
  • Hospitality, 72-75
  • Ladders, 119
  • Marriages, 95
  • Notions of earthquakes, 87
  • Pathetic custom of the, 118
  • Punishments, 96
  • Sacrifices, 106
  • Salutations, 45, 111, 112
  • Songs and music, 93
  • Summer residences, 30
  • Tailor, 88
  • Traders, 450, 472
  • Water mills, 33
  • Winter dwellings, 30, 33
• Shosha, 46
• Sibling Monastery, 448
• Singing, 305, 430
• Sirka, 48
• Siva, the god, 243
• Slings, 272
• Snapshot, 462
• Snow and ice bridges, 78, 85
• Snow-line, 134
• Snowstorm, 491
• Soldiers, 163, 167, 174, 201, 284, 295, 298, 302, 338, 362, 370, 377, 381, 386, 424, 445, 471, 483, 491
  • Allowance of, 302
• Spectre, 143
• Speech, difficulty of, 263
• Spies, 90, 157
• Spiked saddle, 390, 473, 480, 486, 487, 493
• Spirits of the mountains, 28-30
• Sports, 417
• Stars, brilliancy of, 209
• Starvation, effects of, 353
• Storms, 154, 184, 201, 234, 235, 271, 290
• Stretching-log, 398, 408
• Sturt, Mr. (ex-Deputy Commissioner at Almora), 66
• Suffocating a goat, 431
• Suicide, 263
• Suna, 438, 453
  • Deposition of, 459
• Superstitions, 161, 202, 229, 231, 248, 259, 364, 412
• Surgery, 260
• Swords, 277, 278
  • Two-handed sword of executioner, 403
• Sword exercise previous to decapitation, 404, 405, 474, 482, 493

• Taklakot, 448, 451, 458, 472, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 492
• Taram (implement for hot iron torture), 400, 474, 482, 486
• Tarbar, 263, 345, 347
• Tatta, the, 27
• Tckukti, 324
• Tchu-pun, 378
• Teeth, 258
• Tents, 5, 55, 63, 88
• Terror Camp, 202
• Tethering of ponies, 279
• Thar, 84, 213
• Tibet, 41
  • Boundary of, 462, 468
• Tibetan claims and abuses, 41, 42
  • Clothes, 225
  • Craving for alcohol, 170
  • Cruelty to British subjects, 64
  • Diet, 318, 384
  • Encampment, 31, 32
  • Guard, 113, 137, 154, 158, 160, 166 (see also "Soldiers")
  • Habitations, exterior and interior, 239, 268
  • Insults, 91, 452, 468
• Tibetans on British soil, 466, 469
  • Practice of leaving one arm bare explained, 226
  • Threats, 69, 305
  • Trade with, 35
• Tinker, 457
• Tinker Pass, 106, 458
• Tinker River, 458
• Titela Daramsalla, 47
• Tokchim Tarjum, 257, 393, 432, 452, 480, 484, 488
• Tongzu Pangti, 84
• Torture Implements, 399
• Toxem, 473, 474, 478, 485, 486
• Track on British soil, 116
• Transmigration of evil spirits, 259
• Treachery, 360, 473, 480
• Treatment of umbilical cord, 263
• Tucker, 233, 435, 472, 477
  • Lamasery, 245
• Tung-pun, 378
• Turchini, Dr. (director of Royal Hospital, S.M. Nuova, Florence), certificate of, 496, 497

• Umbrella, importance of, 168
• Under-Secretary to Government of N.W. Provinces and Oudh, 476
• Urghin, 247

• Ventriloquism, 429
• Vessels and instruments of human bone, 256, 337
• Vision, 422, 435

• Warner, Sir W. Lee (Letter from), 471
• Waterfall, 61, 62
• Weaving loom, 44
• Webbed fingers, 248, 422
• White stones, 305
• Widow's trouble, a, 330
• Wilson, Dr. H., 33, 64, 76, 120, 138, 438, 450, 452, 454, 464, 468, 475, 484, 485, 486, 488, 489, 491
  • Certificate of A. H. Savage Landor's wounds and injuries, 494, 495
  • Certificate of Chanden Sing's injuries, 495
  • Deposition of, 486
  • Letter from, 491
  • Photographs by, 491
  • Statements by, 491, 492
• Wind, 150, 187, 201, 235, 280, 309, 464
• Wire-making, 278
• Witnesses, 466
• Woman from Lhassa, 326
• Women, 218, 229, 321-326, 424
  • Attire of, 324
  • Scarcity of, 263
  • Strength of, 322
• Woven patterns, 44

• Yaks, 163, 222, 310, 349, 472
• Yellow flowers, 213
• Yutzang province, 306, 429

• Zeheram, 73, 111
• Zeyan Yangti, 458
• Zirri River, 458