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0037 Southern Tibet : vol.3
南チベット : vol.3
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doi: 10.20676/00000263
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The missionary went to Paris on foot and sailed from Lorient to Chander-
nagor, where, after 6 months 18 days all the missionaries met, and continued to
Patna. He gives some very clever and interesting descriptions of what he saw on the
Ganges. The arrival at Patna took place on December 16th, 1739. They prepared
themselves for the long journey and continued over Gandak. Most of the follow-
ing villages he mentions are impossible to identify. They were now only 8 mission-
aries, as the rest had stayed behind for some time in Patna. They had 16 native
servants and the whole party went on foot. Travelling through the Terai they en-
tered Nepal and arrived on February 6th, 1740, in Batgao, where the Capuchins had
a hospice. Viâ Katmandu and Nesti they arrived, October 17, in Kuti on the Tibetan
frontier and situated on the river Nohotha or Bhotia-Kosi. Here begins the most
interesting part of the journey, which Beligatti describes very carefully day by day.
Magnaghi here gives the author's own words and his original spelling of the names.
And here, or rather a little further on, we begin to look out for some glimpses of
the mountains north of the Tsangpo.

On November 10 the journey began. After a burough called Tankialing they
reached Yalap, where all travellers had to provide themselves with riding animals
for crossing the mountains of Lhangur, »which is almost impossible to pass on
foot on account of the strange effects it has, not only on men but also on
animals, whether it depends on the rarefaction of the air, or on some nuicible
exhalation».

They started, however, with only three riding animals, which were mounted
by the most suffering members of the party. In a fort called Tulon (Douloung)
they took a rest and then began slowly to ascend the mountain of Lhangur, between
precipitous rocks.¹ The nearer they approached the summit of Lhangur the more
they felt pains in the head and stomach, and difficulty of respiration, and after 7
kos' journey they arrived at a house near the foot of the mountain, called Pambù,
built especially for the comfort of travellers.

In this house the whole company rested together with servants and animals
and people returning from Lhasa. The night was like a purgatory or inferno. All
were complaining, some were shouting brutally, others vomiting, and some de-
lirious. The animals did not improve the miserable situation. The sufferings of
the night were so much the more difficult, as they had not been able to eat in
the evening.

After sunrise they continued to ascend the mountain. Finally they reached
the summit, a plain which sloped very gradually to the other side. They descended
»between East and North» and by and by the pains in head and stomach ceased.
On the other side they reached a place called Gninsè. At Tingri they did not feel
any more of their inconveniences.