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0425 Southern Tibet : vol.2
南チベット : vol.2
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CHAPTER XLIV.

THE TSANGPO FROM KARU TO SHIGATSE.

In the next volume of this work, when dealing with my eight crossings over
the Transhimalayan system, I shall have an opportunity to describe those of the
northern tributaries, with which I have made acquaintance. In this connection I will
only describe those parts of my own route which touch the great Tsangpo, and a
few of the small tributaries to its upper course. The general map of my journey
will show that I have avoided as much as possible travelling in the valley of the
Tsangpo. This route had been done by Nain Sing, and then by Rawling and
Ryder, whose excellent map could not be improved by me, when I travelled without
permission and alone with Asiatics. But keeping north of the river, and in two
cases, south of its course, I could add new survey to Ryder's map. Only for 2½
marches I could not avoid following the same road as Ryder. From the confluence
of the Raga-tsangpo and Tsangpo, and down to Shigatse I travelled along the
northern bank of the river, a part of the course which had not been surveyed by
Nain Sing and Ryder. Below the confluence with the Chaktak-tsangpo I followed
the great river for only half a march, and for one day's march I again followed it
from Chärok to Shamsang. Otherwise I only crossed the Tsangpo at seven different
places, and thus got a better idea of its hydrographic capacity and characteristics
than anyone of my predecessors.
Karu is a little village where, on my road down from the first crossing of the
Transhimalaya, I first reached the Tsangpo. From here I travelled, on February
7th and 8th, 1907, along the northern bank, and on February 9th with a hide-
boat on the river to the ferry place which is nearest to Shigatse, on March 27th
28th, 29th and 30th, 1907 I returned from Shigatse to Karu. My wish to follow
the southern bank for the return journey was not granted by the Chinese authorities,
so I had to take the same road twice. I had at least the satisfaction to get
exactly the same names from different guides for villages and valleys passed, and
had a good opportunity to control how far the Tibetans were reliable in their
information.