A、In 1896, Isabella celebrated her sixty-fourth birthday, and that same year she crossed northwest China hoping to reach Tibet.
B、Only when tribal warfare broke out, however, and the bridges were tom down did she turn around.
C、During the nineteenth century, a number of fearless women traveled long distances from their homes.
D、Isabella Bird,for example,a British clergyman’s daughter,began traveling and writing when she was in her forties.
E、They visited places far away from their native countries.
F、The book was published in 1838; however, its title, Peregrinations of Pariah, meaning “travels of an outcast,” suggests that not everyone admired its courageous author.
G、While she was traveling, even though her guides collapsed with fever, and then her rice supply grew dangerously low,she didn’t give up.
H、Like Isabella Bird, Flora Tristan, a native of France, proved her adventurous spirit when she sailed from France to Peru, a trip that inspired her to write a book.
