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Citation Information
CHAPTER XIII.
HENRY STRACHEY.
We now come to a classical account of a journey to the lakes and surrounding regions, namely that of Lieut. HENRY STRACHEY, who visited these places in September and October 1846. `
Already at Askot he met two fakirs who, during the two last years, were said to be the only ones who had succeeded in reaching the Manasarovar viz Byåns, a fact which he did not regard as a lucky omen for his own journey. And still he not only succeeded, but also brought back a great amount of personal observation, which put the whole hydrographical problem upon new and firmer ground. I will here mention some of the most important results of his exploration.
He went up the Kali river in Byåns, and left the road to LIpu-Lekh to his right. The upper Kali was called Kunti or Kunti Yånkti. He gives a very detailed description of the pass Lånkpya Dh6ra (17,75o feet). His first camp north of the pass was Larcha, from where he could see through the opening northward a glimpse of distant blue mountains, which he supposed to be part of the Gångri range, on the north side of the Sutlej. lien he followed the valley of the Dårma-Yånkti. Two or three miles clown he passed an opening from the south-westward through the mountain on the left, coming in two branches from the Dårma passes, Nyue and Kach, which communicate this way with Hûndés. The Dårma-Yånkti has derived its name from its alleged origin in this quarter, though as far as he could see, by far the principal body of the river is that by which he had descended from the base of the Byåns, and not the Dårma, Himachal . . .
At his camp Lama Choktan he saw, on October 2nd, the north-western horizon bounded by the Gångri range tipped with some snow. In its middle rises the snowcapped Peak of Kailas, somewhat higher than the rest of the line. A few miles northward the Dårma-Yånkti is joined by G6nda-Yånkti, rising from the Dårma
7 Narrative of a Journey to Cho Lagan (Rakas Tal), Cho Mapan (Mänasarôwar), and the valley
of Pruang in Gnari Journal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. XVII, Part II, 1848, p. 98, 127
and 327 et seq.
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