Himalayan Bhutan Sikhim & Tibet

About the book- The countries described are situated in the Eastern Himalayas on the northern borders of Bengal. They contain some of the most impressive mountain scenery in the world; and if their interest lay solely in their physical characteristics, they would be worthy of the homage of the most blase traveller. Of Sikhim-the scene of the greater part of the excursions described in these pages-it has been said that it is probably the most mountainous country in the world; it rises in a tumult of ranges from 700 to 28,000 feet; But the interest of, 'these countries by no means lies solely in their scenery, magnificent though it is. They possess also an unusual human interest by reason of the curious lines on which the thought of their people has developed, and of the strange customs and practices to which that thought has given rise. About The Author -: Earl of Ronaldshay between 1892 and 1929, was a British Conservative politician. An expert on India, he served as Secretary of State for India in the late 1930s.