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Paperback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Sketches From Nipal, Historical and Descriptive, Vol. 1: With Anecdotes of the Court Life and Wild Sports of the Country, in the Time of Mah… Mehr…

Paperback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Sketches From Nipal, Historical and Descriptive, Vol. 1: With Anecdotes of the Court Life and Wild Sports of the Country, in the Time of Maharaja Jang Bahadur, G. C. B.; To Which Is Added an Essay on Nipalese Buddhism From a boy he had been fond of drawing, and in such a neighbourhood he found inexhaustible material for elaborate water-colour sketches and studies, which unhappily it has not been found practicable to repro duce in their own proper hues within any reasonable cost. But his eye-sight was unfortunately not equal to his zeal; and in aiding it with too powerful glasses, to copy with greater exactness the intricacies of moun tain form seen at fifty or a hundred miles distance, he overstrained and, as the result proved, irreparably injured his sight. Hence, during the last seven years of his residence in Nipal, he made little use of his artistic skill, beyond correcting and putting the finish ing touches to the drawings of a native artist whom he had trained to copy his sketches. At a later period he held for a short time a post in the medical staff at Calcutta; but his health finally giving way, he re turned to England in 1866, and retired altogether from the service in 1869. He had begun, whilst at Khatmandu, to rearrange his notes, and put the essay on Buddhism in its pre sent form, though rather for the use of himself and his friends than with any definite idea of a wider circulation. He also partially revised the hunting adventures and personal anecdotes; but the larger part of his manuscript was left as originally written. Since his decease various causes have for a time prevented any use being made of his papers. But his family now feel it to be due both to him and the Public no longer to withhold so much authenticand detailed information on a country abounding in curiosity and beauty, which borders our Indian do minions for not less than Six hundred miles, and which, though not lying (happily for itself) in the highway of Russia, is in other respects not inferior in interest to Afghanistan. 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., Asian History<

ISBN: 9781333584283

Paperback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Sketches From Nipal, Historical and Descriptive, Vol. 1: With Anecdotes of the Court Life and Wild Sports of the Country, in the Time of Mah… Mehr…

Paperback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Sketches From Nipal, Historical and Descriptive, Vol. 1: With Anecdotes of the Court Life and Wild Sports of the Country, in the Time of Maharaja Jang Bahadur, G. C. B.; To Which Is Added an Essay on Nipalese Buddhism From a boy he had been fond of drawing, and in such a neighbourhood he found inexhaustible material for elaborate water-colour sketches and studies, which unhappily it has not been found practicable to repro duce in their own proper hues within any reasonable cost. But his eye-sight was unfortunately not equal to his zeal; and in aiding it with too powerful glasses, to copy with greater exactness the intricacies of moun tain form seen at fifty or a hundred miles distance, he overstrained and, as the result proved, irreparably injured his sight. Hence, during the last seven years of his residence in Nipal, he made little use of his artistic skill, beyond correcting and putting the finish ing touches to the drawings of a native artist whom he had trained to copy his sketches. At a later period he held for a short time a post in the medical staff at Calcutta; but his health finally giving way, he re turned to England in 1866, and retired altogether from the service in 1869. He had begun, whilst at Khatmandu, to rearrange his notes, and put the essay on Buddhism in its pre sent form, though rather for the use of himself and his friends than with any definite idea of a wider circulation. He also partially revised the hunting adventures and personal anecdotes; but the larger part of his manuscript was left as originally written. Since his decease various causes have for a time prevented any use being made of his papers. But his family now feel it to be due both to him and the Public no longer to withhold so much authenticand detailed information on a country abounding in curiosity and beauty, which borders our Indian do minions for not less than Six hundred miles, and which, though not lying (happily for itself) in the highway of Russia, is in other respects not inferior in interest to Afghanistan. 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., Asian History<

ISBN: 9781333584283

Paperback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Sketches From Nipal, Historical and Descriptive, Vol. 1: With Anecdotes of the Court Life and Wild Sports of the Country, in the Time of Mah… Mehr…

Paperback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Sketches From Nipal, Historical and Descriptive, Vol. 1: With Anecdotes of the Court Life and Wild Sports of the Country, in the Time of Maharaja Jang Bahadur, G. C. B.; To Which Is Added an Essay on Nipalese Buddhism From a boy he had been fond of drawing, and in such a neighbourhood he found inexhaustible material for elaborate water-colour sketches and studies, which unhappily it has not been found practicable to repro duce in their own proper hues within any reasonable cost. But his eye-sight was unfortunately not equal to his zeal; and in aiding it with too powerful glasses, to copy with greater exactness the intricacies of moun tain form seen at fifty or a hundred miles distance, he overstrained and, as the result proved, irreparably injured his sight. Hence, during the last seven years of his residence in Nipal, he made little use of his artistic skill, beyond correcting and putting the finish ing touches to the drawings of a native artist whom he had trained to copy his sketches. At a later period he held for a short time a post in the medical staff at Calcutta; but his health finally giving way, he re turned to England in 1866, and retired altogether from the service in 1869. 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., Asian History<

ISBN: 9781333584283

Sketches From Nipal, Historical and Descriptive, Vol. 1: With Anecdotes of the Court Life and Wild Sports of the Country, in the Time of Maharaja Jang Bahad Henry Ambrose Oldfield, Books,… Mehr…

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