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96   NIT—NÛR : ROUTES 157-159.

Route

from NITI to 0 SÛMDO,
see No. 215.

Route

from NÎTI to TAPUBÂN,
see No. 223.

Route No. 157.

From N6RBU (Spiti) to HÂNLE (Ladâk).
A secondary route, passable for horses.

Literature: Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XVII., part I., pp. 110, 111.—Thomson's Western Himalaya, pp. 140-54.

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

Nô r b u, 32° 41'; 7.8° 18'; 15,946 ft., at the confluence of the Parang river with another stream (the exit from the Tsomoriri salt-lake)—Continue along the right bank of the Parang river.

•  Dunydr, 9 miles from N6rbu; an easy march—Cross the Parang river—A Dikang.

•  Ddngan, 10 miles from Dunyar—Cross the Lanag pass (18,746 ft.; a gradual, but long and fatiguing ascent).

•  Gurkh ydr (16,437 ft.). Road from the Lanag pass to p Gurkhyam bad—Khardo.

H d n l e, 32° 48'; 78° 56'; 15,117 ft., a monastery, probably the highest permanently inhabited place of Western Tibet, 14 miles from Q Gurkhyam. Road good, over gently undulating ground.

Route

from N6RBU to KIBAR,
see No. 105.

Route No. 158.

From N6RBU (Spiti) to K6RZOG (Spiti).
A secondary route, passable for horses.

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

Nô r bu, 32° 41'; 78° 18'; 15,946 ft., at the confluence of the Parang river with another stream (the exit from the Tsomoriri salt-lake).

L. Nd m a Iii n y b o, on the right shore of the Tsomoriri salt-lake, near its southern end (level of the lake 15,130 ft.) — Continue along the right shore of the Tsomoriri salt-lake.

Kôrzog, 32° 55'; 78° 15'; 15,349 ft., a single house on the northern border of the Tsomoriri salt-lake, inhabited in summer only (supplies scarce).

Route No. 159.

From NÛRPUR (Châmba) to CHÂMBA (Châmba).
A secondary route, passable for horses.

Literature: Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. X., part I., p. 111. Maps: Cunningham's Pânjâb and Western Himalaya. —

Waugh and Thuillier's Pânjâb and adjoining coun-

tries.

Nztrpur, 32° 18'.2; 75° 52'•01, with a dharamsala (1,887 ft.) — Cross the Chaki river.

Jôjri.

C h a u h d ri, a short stage — Cross the Chuaru pass (8,041 ft.).

M a n k t— Cross the Ravi river by a bridge (span 187 ft.)

Chdmba, 32° 33'; 76° 7'; 3,015 ft., on the right bank of the Ravi river.