Excerpt from Across Thibet: Being a Translation of "De Paris Au Tonking a Travers Le Tibet Inconnu" In translating the book into English, I have endeavored to remain as far as possible true to the original meaning but as the work is a very large one, I have taken it upon myself to omit certain passages - chiefly of dialogue, especially in the chapters relating to countries where other travelers had been before. The list of the collections which the explorers brought back with them has also been omitted in this edition, these collections having been exhibited in the Paris Museum, and not being des tined for England. I may add that the figures relating to the tem perature have been altered to the Fahrenheit scale throughout. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.