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0146 Southern Tibet : vol.2
南チベット : vol.2
Southern Tibet : vol.2 / 146 ページ(白黒高解像度画像)

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doi: 10.20676/00000263
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In July 1855 Adolph and Robert Schlagintweit left Milum in disguise and, only
with a few followers, crossed the Kiúngar pass (17,331 feet), which is not in the
main range, although the country already proved to have perfect Tibetan character.
At Laptel they found fossils of Silur, Trias and Jura. They reached within a few
miles of Daba, where they were stopped by Hunias, and so their intention to pro-
ceed to the Manasarovar, was frustrated, which was a great pity, for a description of
the lakes made by such conscientious and well-trained observers as the Schlagintweits
would have been particularly valuable. Between Gyúngul and Míla they crossed the
Satlej on a bridge, and they got permission to proceed to the Cháko-la (17,561
feet). So far they succeeded in eluding the watchfulness of the Tibetans, that they
managed to proceed some distance beyond the pass. Here Adolph made some sketches
and in one of them a part of Rakas-tal is visible as well as parts of the snow-covered
range of Kailas and the valley of Gartang. Hermann speaks of the Tise as the
principal peak of the Kailas-mountains. Although Adolph and Robert saw and even
sketched parts of the Kailas range, this range does not, curiously enough, appear on
their map. They then proceeded to Gartok, where they found an absolute height of
15,090 feet.¹

On the map there is no Singi-kabab at all. In the text it is said that the
Pundits on their way northwards were the first to settle the three uppermost branches
of the Indus: the Sénge Khabáb or Singi-chu with the Lang-chu and the Gártung
(Gartang), on the right bank of which Gartok is situated. Of the two first it is said
that they are situated south of the Chomoráng range, but north of Gartok, although
divided from it by a ridge. Hermann von Schlagintweit is right in saying that the
northernmost branch has the greatest amount of water and is the longest of the three
and must be regarded as the principal source of the Indus.² He mentions the mistake
of Moorcroft who called the Gartang the Indus, and made it rise north of Rakas-tal,
without knowing the Jerko-la, which is situated to the N.W. at a considerable distance
from the lake and constitutes the watershed between the Indus and the Satlej. And
still Moorcroft's map is more correct than that of the Schlagintweits! But we must
remember that the map of the Schlagintweits was published in 1861 and as the
Pundits discovered the N.E. branch only in 1867, they are perfectly innocent as to
the missing head-branch. The text is published in 1871 and therefore sometimes it
is not easy to see whether Hermann has got his information from his brothers or from
the Pundits.³