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visible. The rest of the day it was hidden either by hills or by snow clouds. A slope
from the western hills has to be crossed in a little threshold, the name of which was
given as Amchung-la. At its foot was a tent near the bed of the river. The only
information given by a woman of this tent was that the region belonged to the
province of Bongba, and that we would have to cross the pass Sangchen-la, the
next day. South of it we would come across a tent belonging to Nakchu, a district
that seems to be situated west of Naktsang and not to be confounded with the
famous river and district of that name, far to the east. South of Sangchen-la, there
was a direct road to Chokchu.
Our direction becomes more and more south with the broad open plain of the
valley to the east, south and north, and surrounded by considerable mountains and
irregular interrupted ranges. However, one gets the impression that the principal
orographical stretching is W. N. W.—E. S. E. and that Sha-kangsham is the culminating
part of a short meridional range which possesses some other snow-peaks farther
south, and morphologically resembles the Targo-gangri.
Sha-kangsham is also a mountain knot from which many ridges and ramifications
start in different directions. From the southern end of its culmination crest, the range
seems to start westwards, which was now in front of us. To the E. S. E. the mouth
of a larger valley is seen, which comes from a group with eternal snow. From a
distance, and from a route which, as a rule, follows the valleys, it is very difficult
to make out the principal features of the orography.
We camped at the base of a little hill. Here, as at several other places in the
course of the day, was a sheepfold, and there were heaps of dry dung of tame yaks.
The grass was bad. Snow remained in beds. A Tibetan we met said that the region
south of Sangchen-la was called Atsok. From the secondary threshold we had
passed in the course of the day and which was called Amchung-la, one could see
to N. 48° E. a much lower pass in the range we had crossed in Chaklam-la. The
latter was, by some nomads, also called Amchen-la. The real Amchung-la was now
said to be the saddle seen to the N. 48° E. As a rule it is impossible to feel quite
sure of the reliability of the information given by the natives, unless it is checked
from several informants.
On this day, we had not reached living rock. The gravel in the valley con-
sisted of dark grey quartzite schist. Pan. 443A and B, Tab. 82, gives an idea of the
complicated appearance of the world of mountains surrounding Camp CCCLXIII.
To the N. N. W. and N. W. it shows the valley of the ice river continuing in a curved
line between the hills. To the N. E., E. N. E. and E. S. E., it shows the ranges
bordering the valley on the east. N. 88° E. and just right of it, are some of the peaks
with eternal snow situated south of Sha-kangsham, and no doubt belonging to the
same meridional range as the culminating group.
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