“On re-entering cultivated lands, the agitation, perplexity, and turmoil of civilization oppressed and suffocated us; the air seemed to fail us, and we felt every moment as if about to die of asphyxia.” NatureSolitudeCity Book:Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China, 1844-1846 Source: Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China, 1844-1846