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0295 Southern Tibet : vol.3
南チベット : vol.3
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Lhasa. R ²¹⁷ was the highest peak he observed, and its altitude was 23 255 feet. It is
unlikely that Montgomerie's or Littledale's peaks are higher than this. The Lani range
is an easterly branch of the Ninchinthangla. On his frontispiece map Burrard has
sketched the hypothetical conjunction of the Kara-korum with the Nien-chen-tang-la. In
this view, which we shall have to consider later on, I believe Burrard is right. But only
under the condition that we should talk of systems and not of ranges, for a system con-
sists of many ranges. Further, so far as I am aware, it is only one branch of the Kara-
korum system which is in continuity with the Transhimalaya. On the other hand, the
following view is not correct: ›The Kyi or Lhasa river rises in the Ninchinthangla range,
and forces a passage through the Kailas range.‹ ¹ Burrard could not arrive at any
other conclusion than this from Ryder's map, which is so far misleading as it gives
the student the impression of one continuous range following close north of the
Tsangpo and Raga-tsangpo.

And Ryder himself could not possibly get the impression of a continuous range
north of the Tsangpo, for from his route the mountains are more like the edge of
a high plateau, here and there crowned by peaks. Or, as Colonel Burrard wrote
to me in 1910: ›Ryder told me that what he saw north of the Tsangpo were the
ends of separate spurs and no continuous range, and that he drew his map hastily
and without any intention of conveying the idea of a range.‹ ²

I have tried in the preceding chapters to set forth the theories and hypotheses
of different geographers and travellers regarding the mountains north of the Tsangpo.
I should not be complete if I left out my own views regarding them. I wrote about
them in 1905 before Ryder's map had been published and a few months before I
began the journey, the principal ambition of which was to discover the still unknown
mountains north of the river. From my earlier expedition I had, as Nain Sing, got
the impression that south of my route from Chargot-tso to Panggong-tso stretched
a long mountain range. And I wrote of it: ³ ›Probably it consists of a series of
parallel ranges with a main range, which swells up here and there into higher ele-
vations capped with perpetual snow and ice.‹ It seemed likely that Shakangsham,
Tok-jalung and Aling-gangri could be considered as parts of this range. Concerning
the Transhimalaya proper I wrote as follows: ⁴