Peking to Lhasa : vol.1 / Page 165 (Color Image)

0165	Peking to Lhasa : vol.1

THE START FOR TIBET 123

broad marshy valley for 12 miles. Then he left

the Ch'a Ho (Ya-lung) valley and crossed a

200 - feet saddle into a small side valley, but

on the following day came back into the Ch'a

Ho valley, or Dza Chu as the Tibetans call it.

The river was here 100 yards wide and 3 feet

deep at the ford and flowing in three or four

channels. The main range, the Yo-Lam-Sung-na,

is farther south and apparently runs W.N.W. to

E.S.E., diverting the Ya-lung easterly. About 5

miles on either side are two ranges running roughly

north and apparently forming branches to the

Yo-Lam-Sung-na. Pereira camped by the small

Ba Chu stream near where it joins the Ya-lung.

There was good grazing, and he was again among

nomads for there were several encampments of

Yü-shu Tibetans of the Gaba tribe.

Continuing down the valley of the Ya-lung for

another 20 miles, on June 17 he reached the

Chu-chieh Monastery which Sorensen called the

Drip-yu. It is situated about half-a-mile west of

the river and is enclosed by an uncemented stone

wall with the square temple in the centre and in

front of it the monastery green, a filthy place,

some 60 yards square, on which Pereira camped ;

much relieved, however, to reach an inhabited

place again. The monastery contained a hundred

lamas of the red sect, who lived in small single- or

two-storied mud buildings. Outside the walls

were a few Tibetan encampments. Excepting the

barracks at Ta-ho-pa and the village of Ch'a-pu-

ch'a, this was the first building Pereira had seen

since entering Tibet.

From here onward he again used " ula ", that

National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books