A Journey to Katmandu (the Capital of Napaul), with the Camp of Jung Bahadoor - Including a Sketch of the Nepaulese Ambassador at Home

A Journey to Kathmandu follows Laurence Oliphant's account of his travels to Nepal and his introduction to the Nepalese Ambassador. Laurence Oliphant, a Member of Parliament, was a South African-born British author, traveler, diplomat, British intelligence agent, Christian mystic, and Christian Zionist. Contents: "CHAPTER I. Arrival of Jung Bahadoor in Ceylon—Voyage to Calcutta—Rifle practice on board the Atalanta—Rifle-shooting—Colonel Dhere Shum Shere—A journey along the Grand Trunk Road of Bengal—The experimental railway—The explosion at Benares. CHAPTER II. Benares—Cashmere Mull's house—The Chouk—The Bisheshwan temple, and Maido Rai Minar…"