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THE START FOR TIBET 115
Big flocks of sheep and some cattle were grazing
on it and there were some Tibetan tents. He also
saw many Brahminy ducks and sixteen geese.
Some stray horses walked up to within 20
yards of them. The western part of the plain
was very sandy, and on May 17 the party crossed
a dreary valley of sand and scrub for 8 miles,
when they came to another huge grass plain
stretching north to the same range as had been
crossed on the previous day. Fine grazing
country with many Tibetan flocks and tents was
crossed on May 18, and in places the ground was
honeycombed by countless rats (possibly a small
species of marmot). He also saw a few gazelle,
but they were very wild. In the daytime it was
warm enough after the first hour for him to shed
his coat and gloves.
Ta-ho-pa was reached on May 19. Pereira
had taken a day longer than Sorensen, but he had
travelled by a longer route .where water was more
plentiful. Here there was a fort with about
70 infantry under Ma Ch'i's orders ; though
beyond placing these garrisons he had done nothing
to develop the country. Pereira made the dis-
tance from Tangar 150 miles. In the valley of
the Ta-ho there were some trees the first he had
seen since leaving the Sining Ho valley. He was
delayed here by a snowstorm. He had also to
await the arrival of an escort, for it was unsafe to
go beyond this unescorted on account of the
Golok raiders.
Some 30 or 40 mounted soldiers with 50 or
60 mules having arrived, Pereira set out again
on May 24 and climbed the small Cha-su-ra
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