Publisher's Synopsis
1898. A narrative of travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi Desert, through the Himalayas to India. Abridged from The Heart of a Continent. With Map and Illustrations. The British explorer recalls his travels in this lively account. Contents: The Ever-White Mountain; Northern Manchuria; Back to Peking; Our Interests in Manchuria; Peking to the Gobi Desert; Across the Gobi Desert; Through Turkestan to Yarkand; Into the Heart of the Himalayas; and The Mustagh Pass.