Mussucks for crossing the Beas River, Kulu. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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View looking towards the river, with porters posed with inflated buffalo hides (mussocks), preparatory to crossing the stream. Bourne's dark-tent is under the tree, as is Dr George Rankin Playfair who accompanied Bourne on his third Himalayan trip.
Alluvial deposits on the Lagudarsi Stream [at Kioto], Spitti. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Photograph of alluvial beds in Spiti, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. This view shows curious gravel formations on the Lagudarsi Stream at Kioto, Spiti, a result of aerial degradation.
Wooded valley from Fulaldaru. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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View from an elevated position, looking along the steep-sided river valley, with the snow-covered Srikanta Peaks in the distance, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Ice cave in the glacier. Source of the Ganges. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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View looking towards the ice cave on the Gangotri Glacier, with the source of the Ganges issuing from it, with two figures posed beside the stream in the foreground, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Picturesque bridge over the Rungnoo below Ging, Darjeeling. Photographer: Samuel Bourne.
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View looking up the boulder-strewn stream towards a footbridge on which stand two European figures. This photograph won the Viceroy's Gold medal for the best photograph shown at the 1869 Bengal Photographic Society Exhibition, 'for it is certainly unequalled in artistic treatment of the subject ...