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Southern Tibet : vol.3 |
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Turner had done splendid work in Tibet, and some other travellers had also reached
the country. As to the Central Transhimalaya he is still right.
Dr. THOMSON regarded with a feeling almost of envy the success of the
Pundit in exploring a region from which Englishmen had, unfortunately, been de-
barred by the jealousy of the Chinese Government.
Dr. CAMPBELL referred to his and Dr. HOOKER'S panoramic view from the
Bhomtso hill and how they could see to the north and west »a very high range of
mountains, which he believed had never before been noticed; but their observations
on this subject were recorded in Dr. Hooker's journal. The Pundit said that this
elevated range ran for 120 miles parallel to his route . . . . It must be gratifying
to Dr. Hooker now to find the Pundit had confirmed his conjectural geography.»
Lord STRANGFORD spoke of the Tibetan table-land being eastward of Lhasa
broken up by a succession of rivers and mountain ranges running north and south.
Surprising communications were not missing in the discussion. Sir HENRY
RAWLINSON said: »the only considerable part of Asia which was now unknown, and
which was unknown not only to the English and to the Russians, but even to the
Chinese, was the country intervening in a direct line between Khotan and Lhasa.
He hoped that the exploration of that country was reserved for English enterprise,
or native enterprise directed by English intelligence. There was also another very
interesting problem which must be solved sooner or later, and the sooner the better,
namely, the course of the river Brahmaputra. It had been followed down carefully
from its source in the Mansarowar Lake to Lhasa; but the part below Lhasa . . .
was still a mystery.» If the state of geographical knowledge in Central Asia, as
set forth by Rawlinson, had been true, PRSHEVALSKIY's career of 15 years' journeys
in regions further east and north would have been superfluous, — and this is only
one example. But as Sir Henry on the very evening when the supposed source of
the Brahmaputra had been given astronomically, could still believe that the river had
its origin in Manasarovar, one should not expect too much of his information from
parts farther north and east, which had not been mentioned in the lecture.
Finally Mr. T. SAUNDERS stated there was no difficulty in obtaining the con-
sent of the Chinese Government for any European to pass the British frontier into
Tibet, and one wonders why nobody took this opportunity instead of sending more
or less reliable Pundits.
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