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1. Leh to Diskit, across the Laôche pass. A principal route, passable for horses.

Literature: Thomson's Western Himalaya, pp. 395-402. Maps: Cunningham's Pânjab and Western Himalaya.—

Waugh and Thuillier's Pänjab and adjoining coun-

tries.

Lek, 34° 8' . 3 ; 77° 14' .6 1; 11,527 ft., 3 miles N. of the Indus river—Chabi—Kdtpa—Gângli.

Q Kuru mpg û l u (15,470 ft.), southern foot of the Laôche pass (an easy march) — Cross the Laôche pass (17,911 ft.) - A glacier lake (16,076 ft.)—Q Dûgnaar Sûondo.

Kûrdong (12,878 ft.)—Kûrscvr.

Diskit, 34° 35'; 77° 10', on the left bank of the Shayôk river (level of the river 9,968 ft.).

Lek to Diskit, across the Digar pass.

A principal route in winter, passable for horses.

Literature: Îzzet IJllah, in Quarterly Oriental Magazine, Vol. III., 1825, p. 112.

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

Leh, 34° 8' • 3 ; 77° 14' . 61=r; 11,527 ft., 3 miles N. of the Indus river—Cross the Digar pass.

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Digar — Q Agam (izzet UJllah's Akham). Bough—Kkrsar.

Diskit, 34° 35'; 77° 10', on the left bank of the Shayôk river (level of the river 9,968 ft.). A long march from R6ngdo to Diskit.

Routes

from LEH to LLCHI.

A. In summer by the S6,ssar and Karakoram pass, and by Q Saget and Q Samgal (sec Nos. 123, 182, 88, 217, and 216).

B. In winter by Diskit, up the Shayôk valley, by the Karakoram pass, and by Q Saget and Q Samgal (see Nos. 121, 64, 182, 88, 217, and 216).

Route

from LEH to GARTOK,
see GARTOK to LEH.

Route No. 122.

From LEH (LadAk) to KALTSE (Ladak).
A principal route, passable for horses.

Literature: Cunningham's LadAk, pp. 148-50, and in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XVII., part I., pp. 114-16. — Moor-croft's Travels, Vol. II., pp. 1-10.

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

Leh, 34° 8.3'; 77° 14' . 6 ; 11,527 ft., 3 miles N. ôf the Indus river—Pitak—Phiûng(11,265 ft.) —Thâru, 12 miles from Leh.

Ny é m o (10,258 ft.), on the right bank of the Indus river — Bûzgô — Sâspola (10,357 ft.), on the right bank of the Indus river, 8 miles from Bdzgô.

1Yû r l a (9,772 ft.), on the right bank of the

Indus river, a rather long stage.   •

K d l t s e , 34° 14'; 76° 40' , 5 miles from N6r1a, on the right bank of the Indus river (level of the river 9,690 ft.).

Route

from LEH to KH6TAN,
see LEH to LLCHI.