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BABA : ROUTES 18, 19.   39

Route

from the BABA LÂCHA PASS to DÂRCHE,
see No. 54.

Route

from the BABA LÂCHA PASS to LnSAR,
see No. 126.

Route No. 18.

From the BÂRA LICHA PASS (Lah6I-Spiti) to
PADUM (Zankhar).

A secondary route, passable for horses. Literature: Cunningham's Leda, p. 153.

Maps: Cunningham's Pänjab and Western Himalaya.—.Waugh and Thuillier's Pänjab and adjoining countries.

Bdra Lâcha Pass, 32° 43'.5; 77° 25'.3 ô; 16,186 ft.—Q Chérpa, northern foot of the pass.

0 Tokpo Soma. A Chzmik Mdrfo.

K h a r k y dg, on the Shung river (level of the river 13,613 ft.) — Cross the Pise Lnngba river—Cross the Chiingarung Lnngba river—p Danse, on the right bank of the Shung river (level of the river 13,083 ft.)—Cross the ;Khyâze river—Cross the Shung river by bridge.

Yd l l e—Salle (12,717 ft.), a now decayed and nearly deserted village on the left bank of the Shung river—Cross the Pânge river—Cross the Shâlle river — Réru.

Mis nn e (12,320 ft.), on the left bank of the Shung river — Cross the Jebrâlzan Tôkbo river —Cross the Tomâsu Tôkbo river.

Pddum, 33° 28'4O; 76° 54'•3 r; 11,550 ft. This village, the residence of a Kardâr, is the chief place of 7ânkhar.

Route No. 19.

From the BABA LACHA PASS (Laht1-Spiti) to

A RIIXCHIN (Ladak).

A principal route, passable for horses.

Literature: Cunningham's Leda, p. 155, and in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XVII., part I., pp. 213-24.—Moorcroft, Vol. I., pp. 212-25.

Maps: Cunningham's Pänjab and Western Himalaya.—Waugh and Thuillier's Pänjab and adjoining countries.

A Mongbe, southern foot of the Bara Lâcha pass — Cross the Bara Lâcha pass, 32° 43' • 5; 77° 25'•36; 16,186 ft.—Nâmtso, or Yunâmtso,

a small glacier lake (15,570 ft.).

0 Chala (15,273 ft.), northern foot of the Bara Lâcha pass, 4 miles from its top;. (no

fuel at p Châla)—p Kilung, or Kignung.

A Td k e n a k, at the upper limit of shrub vegetation, on the right bank of the Kflung river—

p Kibubrâng—p Chérap.

0 Gydm (13,511 ft.), fuel and grass; an easy march—A Démra— p Mûrong.

A Sûmd o (15,806 ft.), south-western foot of the Licha Lung pass—Cross the Lâcha Lung pass

(16,750 ft.), a gentle ascent— Enter a narrow defilé which ends 3 miles before p Phyâng.

0 Ph y d ng—Enter the lake basin of Kyângchu (15,781 ft.) — Pass the salt -lake Miretso

(15,517 ft.).

0 Rûkchin, 33° 14'; 77° 50'; 15,764 ft. In summer there are tents of the Tibetan shepherds; provisions tnay be got then, but in

small quantities only. (A long march from Phyâng to Rnkchin).

BARANG, see BRUÂNG.

BARASSU. Under this name are comprised the four villages : Datmfr, Gangâr, Po , and Ussilla,

in the Tons valley.