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0561 Southern Tibet : vol.7
南チベット : vol.7
Southern Tibet : vol.7 / 561 ページ(白黒高解像度画像)

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Kara range, and the river is gradually deflected southwards. From the 99th meridian its
course is almost due south . . . .

The Ma-chu or Chumar mentioned by A— K— is identical with the Mongolian
Napchitai-ulan-muren and is one of the feeders of the Yang-tse. About this Chumar
Wellby got the information: »that the river we had followed was no other than
the Chuma, whose very source we had found. They told us that it flowed through
the Golok country, thence on to Tachien-lu, into the Yangtse.»¹

The mountain system dealt with in this volume is crossed both in its western
and eastern parts by old caravan roads of the greatest historical, mercantile and
religious importance. The western road, over the Kara-korum Pass is chiefly of a
mercantile character, the eastern road is every year travelled by many Mongol pilgrims.

Dealing with the trade of Tibet V. F. Ladigin has some rather interesting in-
formation to give regarding the pilgrims' road, though, as usual, the geography and oro-
graphy are very much neglected.² In the northern part of the region we may distinguish
between several different roads, which finally join to one great road crossing the high
parts of Eastern Tibet. From Mongolia one road goes over Sining, Koko-nor, Tsaidam
and through Eastern Tibet. This is the so called »Mongol road», exclusively used by
Mongol pilgrims, on account of its being comparatively safe from plundering raids. Another
road takes the direction of Sining, Koko-nor, Eastern Tsaidam and Western Kam.

The Mongol pilgrims from Urga or from the Khalkha regions in general, as
well as those from Transbaikalia travel to the camps of the Tsaidam Mongols, where
they finally complete their equipment. Their road goes through Ala-shan, Lian-chew
and Koko-nor, or from Kobdo to Su-chew and Nan-shan. They have not only to think of
the means necessary for their equipment and supplies on the long journey, but they
must not forget the presents with which to please the Dalai Lama. Silver is necessary
to hire animals, to buy provisions, and to deliver to the gods, and every pilgrim tries to
give as much as possible to the Dalai Lama wishing to attract his special attention.

Mongolia is a vast country and sends every year an enormous number of pilgrims
to Tibet and with them also their wealth, which is heaping itself in the course of the
years. Every Mongol, even if he be a poor man, dreams of heaping so much silver that
he may once be able to walk or travel to Lhasa and see, or, if he is lucky, to receive
the benediction of the Dalai Lama. Thus the mass of wealth in countries bordering upon
Russia is completely directed from her in the opposite direction — to Tibet, and from it,
to India. That is to say, in clearer words, this wealth goes to England.³