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JYE-KUNDO TO CHAMDO 137

miles he reached the Rashi Gomba, which contains

a thousand monks and has a temple with a fine

small gold roof.

Near here, according to Teichman, the Dutch missionary Rijnhart disappeared in 1898. He

started to cross a river by himself to a Tibetan

camp, but was never heard of again. He was prob-

ably drowned. His wife, who was travelling with

him, reached the Rashi monastery and travelled

thence via Jye-kundo to Ta-chien-lu. She is the author of With Tibetans in Tent and Temple.

A little farther on Pereira passed a Chinese

caravan from Lhasa. They said they had taken forty-five days. At 171- miles he left the Lung

Chu, which soon joins the Dze Chu, and went

northerly for a mile up the latter, which is the

eastern branch of the Mekong and is seventy or

eighty yards wide with a very strong current.

This Pereira had to cross by a coracle ferry.

There was only one coracle, and taking the baggage

over occupied some time. The six animals swam

over safely. The " ula " yaks did not cross. The

party camped during a downpour of rain on the opposite bank at Lu-ga-rung, 12,490 feet. He

here found that he was following the route Teichman took to Chamdo in 1918.

On July 13 he followed down the Dze Chu

valley for 3 miles and then climbed to the Jahe-la, 12,770 feet, and farther on to the Sha-ru-la, 13,370 feet. The descent from here was down

a grass valley to the camp at Chih-ku-ch'a-mo,

17i miles. The people of these parts are ôf the

Rashi tribe under the rule of the Rashi monastery.

On arrival one Tibetan, to show his respect, not

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