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The Abode of Snow
November 11, 1875 issue

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The article presents information about the book "The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Tour From Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, etc.," by Andrew Wilson. The author crossed over first into Chinese Tibet where he received, chiefly from the women and dogs, a very cold welcome, and was implacably checked at the frontier. His glimpse of the country, however, does not indicate that even a warm welcome would make it agreeable to advanced very far. His brief sojourn at Shipki, the Tartar frontier town, where the native, with faces unwashed from theft birth, stood timing his stay, watch in hand, is one of the most curious episodes in his book.

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ABODE of Snow: Observations on a Tour From Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, etc., The (Book); WILSON, Andrew; BOOKS & reading; MOUNTAINS; WEATHER; VOYAGES & travels
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