THE UNVEILING OF LHASA BY EDMUND CANDLER

Author of 'A Vagabond in Asia'

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAP

LONDON EDWARD ARNOLD Publisher to H.M. India Office 41 & 43 MADDOX STREET, BOND STREET, W. 1905 [All rights reserved]

THESE PAGES, WRITTEN MOSTLY IN THE DRY COLD WIND OF TIBET, OFTEN WHEN INK WAS FROZEN AND ONE'S HAND TOO NUMBED TO FEEL A PEN, ARE DEDICATED TO COLONEL HOGGE, C.B., AND THE OFFICERS OF THE 23rd SIKH PIONEERS, WHOSE GENIAL SOCIETY IS ONE OF THE MOST PLEASANT MEMORIES OF A RIGOROUS CAMPAIGN.