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I. A FORBIDDEN COUNTRY 1

II. AN UNKNOWN PASS 10

III. A NARROW ESCAPE 20

IV. WATCHED BY SPIES 29

V. WARNED BACK BY SOLDIERS 37

VI. ENCOUNTER WITH A HIGH TIBETAN OFFICIAL 47

VII. AN EXCITING NIGHT JOURNEY 58

VIII. HUNGRY FUGITIVES 67

IX. AN ATTEMPT AT MUTINY 79

X. AMONG ENEMIES AND ROBBERS 90

XI. IN STRANGE COMPANY 102

XII. AMONG THE LAMAS 113

XIII. LIFE IN THE MONASTERIES 126

XIV. ANOTHER DISASTER 136

XV. FOLLOWED BY TIBETAN SOLDIERS 150

XVI. FIRST WHITE MAN IN THE SACRED PROVINCE 163

XVII. DISASTER AT THE RIVER 176

XVIII. CAPTURED 191

XIX. THREATS OF DEATH 203

XX. A TERRIBLE RIDE 210

XXI. THE EXECUTIONER 220

XXII. A CHARMED LIFE 233

XXIII. LED TO THE FRONTIER 245

XXIV. WITH FRIENDS AT LAST 257