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MIL—M6K : ROUTES 142, 143.

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Route

from MÎLUM to MXESÛRI, see MXss RI to MILUM.

D ci b ling, 31° 45'; 78° 37'; 9,311 ft., on the left bank of the Stttlej river.

MOZXFARABAD, routes to and from, see
SRINAGAR to RAULPiNDI, No. 205.

Route

from MILUHI to NAINITÂL,
see NAINITAL to MÎLUM.

MoNSÛRI is the name given by the natives to

MÂSSÛRI.

Route

from M6RANG to BRUANG, or BARANG,

see No. 32.

Route

from M6RANG to CHÉTKUL,

see No. 39.

Route No. 142.

From M6RANG (Käniur) to DARLING (Känâur).

A principal route, passable for horses. Literature: Gerard's Koonawur, pp. 278-81.

Maps: Gerard's Koonawur.—Indian Atlas, sheets 47 (second edition) and 65.

Mô r a ng , 31° 35'; 78° 24'— Cross the Tûngrang pass' (13,739 ft.).

Nisang (10,148 ft.), E. of the SAtlej river, 15 miles from Rispe; a long march.

Camp near a Buddhist temple (road very bad; toilsome ascents and descents).

III.

Route No. 143.

From MÛKBA (Gärhvâl) to CRETKUL (Gärhväl).

A difficult route at any time of the year, though occasionally used by the Bisséris. Road bad, impassable for horses. Provisions to be collected for two marches, wood for one march at Kôkor.

Literature: Hoffmeister's Briefe aus Indien, pp. 236-50. • Maps: Hoffmeister's Profiles, No. 7.—Indian Atlas, sheet 65.

Mûkba, 31° 2'; 78° 46'; 8,600 ft., on the right bank of the Bhagirâthi river—Ascend the Hirsé,l valley.

Kôkor, on the right bank of the Hirsâl river, a very small place - Continue along the left bank of the Gizmti river —A Bankâra.

A Fulalddr, or OFuladdru (11,272 ft.), on the left bank of the Gnmti river—Continue along the left bank of the Gnmti river — Cross some snow-bridges.

0 Kiarkôttil (ab. 11,700 ft.)—Cross some snow-beds and the Lâmba Kâga glacier pass, 15,355 ft.; slopes towards p Do Sûmdo steep; road very bad.

0 D o Sûmdo (13,366 ft.), on the left bank of the Bâspa river (which in its upper part is frequently called Kérzom nâlah). Here the road branches off to Nélong and to Békhar. (See Routes Nos. 153 and 65.)

Chétkul, 31° 20'; 78° 36'; 11,480 ft., on the right bank of the Bâspa river (level of the river 11,275 ft.). From QDo Sûmdo to Chétkul is a very long

1 From here the road branches off to the Chôta Kâga pass, W.N.W. of the Lâmba Kâga pass. The Chôta Käga pass is not so regularly crossed as the Limbo Kâga pass. The road joins again at 6, Do Sûmdo.

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