Excerpt from Among the Himalayas To render the narrative more complete, I have added in respect to some glaciers and peaks, which were not reached by Hooker or myself, a summary of the descriptions of these by Sherwill, Graham, White, and Hoffman, and also some geological notes by W. T. Blanford, mostly from reports that are buried away in more or less inaccessible journals. Mount Everest I approached somewhat nearer than any European except Hooker; and I here record some new research respecting it and other peaks alleged to be still higher. 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.