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Southern Tibet : vol.2 |
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We left Kawaguchi in Hor-tosho after he had crossed the river Kyang-chu.¹
I will now quote some important passages from his description of the uppermost part
of the Tsangpo. ² On his way farther N.W. he reached four tents. ³At one day's
distance from the station I was to come to Tamchok Khanbab, which forms the
upper course of the Brahmaputra, and is the greatest of Tibetan rivers.³ After
17 miles he reached the Tamchok Khanbab.
³The river was a mountain stream of considerable breadth, with extensive sand-
beaches on either side. The width of the beach alone on the eastern side was about
two and a half miles, and that on the opposite side about half as much; the width
of the stream itself, when I crossed it, was not more than a little over a mile ...
The condition of the stream with its cuttingly cold water was much the same as that
of the Kyang-chu (except for the greater width to be forded) and the water in some
places was not more than seven or eight inches deep; but the sand was so treacherous
that we often sank in it right up to our hips ... Upon terra firma on the other
side, my men pointed to a gorge between two mountains rising to the N.W., and
told me that I was to go through the gorge, and thence to Lake Manasarovara, after
traversing an uninhabited region for fifteen or sixteen days; the road would take me
to Manasarovara first and then to Kang Rinpoche.³
After that he took farewell of the party, which advised him to recite the sacred
text from time to time in order that he might not be set upon and devoured by
snow-leopards³!
In this case there is no doubt about the river. The Kyang-chu is a southern
tributary. But where is he, when 15 days more were reckoned to Manasarovar?
And where are the broad sand-beaches, and where is the Tsangpo more than a mile
broad? South of Tuksum I found the broadest place I saw to be 973 yards across.
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