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0307	Southern Tibet : vol.4

such a ride in the rarefied air, the biting cold and the killing wind, especially when
riding against it as during the latter part of the day's march. It is very difficult
to use one's hands, one is nearly blown from the horse's back, the map plane cannot
be used and I have to make a rough sketch in a little book. The marches have
to be made very short, for one has a feeling that one could not keep one's blood
circulating for another two or three miles. Arriving at camp, one is half dead, and
must pass about an hour at the fire to be able to sketch the usual panorama. It
is not advisable to travel through high Tibet during the winter.

The place where Camp XCII was pitched, is called Korumteomal, and the
plain east of it, Nadsum. The mountains to the N. W. and N. N. W. were called
Dongying-tip, or perhaps, better, Dongjing. These mountains are easily seen on
Panorama 105A and 105B, Tab. 19, taken from Camp XCII. From this camp we
see that the range of Dongying really dwindles to nothing, east of Sarya-la, for
mount Keva is still visible to the N. 23° E. The hilly region to the N. E., is Nadsum-
sherke, situated north of lake Kung-tso, and S. W. of the same; it seems to be a
common name for the moderate hills of Kung-lung. When the Tibetans of Nadsum
told us that across the region of Nadsum-sherke, or N. 38° E., there was a road
passing a lake Goang-tso and continuing to Bogtsang-tsangpo, one feels tempted
to believe that this Goang-tso is the same as the Kung-tso, though there may, of
course, also be two lakes. When we asked where Dagtse-tso was, they pointed to
the N. 40° E., which was about right. To the N. 67° E., the mountainous region
was called Tsomo-Kunglung, to the N. 82° E., is a double peak called Choge, entered
without a name on the panorama. To the N. 88° E., is the region of Bogar-ngoyung
with mountains of the same name. To the S. 80° E., the country seems lower, and
there is the valley of Bogar-ngoyung with a road leading to Shansa-dsong on the
Kyaring-tso. To the S. 70° E., is a comparatively high mountain, Changa or Chaga,
and S. 58° E. the high peak, Chaga-pungnak. To the S. 3° E. is the continuation
of our road with a pyramidal peak at its side; there is said to be a pass Chebuk-la,
which we never heard of later on. To the S. 12° W., a road was said to pass to
a place called Latse-dsong which should not be confounded with the village of that
name on the Tsangpo. It may perhaps be a place near the Dangra-yum-tso. Most
of these names we had heard before from other native sources, and, therefore, they
may be regarded as reliable.

On December 22th, our march goes S. S. W. for 9.4 km., rising 66 m. or at
a rate of 1:142, Camp XCIII being at a height of 4,871 m. Even if the country
is full of mountains, we find that the plateau-land character, at least along
the road, is very pronounced. After a temperature of —19.6° in the night, the
storm again set in at 9 o'clock a. m., and we had it nearly straight in the face
during the march. We now cross a broad, but as it seems, not very long latitudinal

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