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Route
from the Bára Lácha Pass to Dárche,
see No. 54.

Route
from the Bára Lácha Pass to Lósar,
see No. 126.

Route No. 18.
From the Bára Lácha Pass (Láhúl-Spiti) to
Pádum (Zánkhar).

A secondary route, passable for horses.

Literature: Cunningham's Ladák, p. 153.

Maps: Cunningham's Pánjáb and Western Himalaya.—
Waugh and Thuillier's Pánjáb and adjoining coun-
tries.

Bára Lácha Pass, 32° 43'·5; 77° 25'·3 ♂;
16,186 ft.— △ Chérpa, northern foot of the pass.

△ Tókpo Sóma.

△ Chúmik Márfo.

Kharkyág, on the Shung river (level of
the river 13,613 ft.)— Cross the Píse Lúngba
river— Cross the Chúngarung Lúngba river—
△ Dánse, on the right bank of the Shung river
(level of the river 13,083 ft.)— Cross the Khyáze
river— Cross the Shung river by bridge.

Yálle— Sálle (12,717 ft.), a now decayed and
nearly deserted village on the left bank of the
Shung river— Cross the Páuge river— Cross the
Shálle river— Béru.

Múnne (12,320 ft.), on the left bank of the
Shung river— Cross the Jebrálzan Tókbo river
— Cross the Tomásu Tókbo river.

Pádum, 33° 28'·0; 76° 54'·3 ♀; 11,550 ft. This
village, the residence of a Kardár, is the chief
place of Zánkhar.

Route No. 19.
From the Bára Lácha Pass (Lahúl-Spiti) to
△ Rúkchin (Ladák).

A principal route, passable for horses.

Literature: Cunningham's Ladák, p. 155. and in Journ.
As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XVII., part I., pp. 213-24.— Moor-
croft, Vol. I., pp. 212-25.

Maps: Cunningham's Pánjáb and Western Himalaya.—
Waugh and Thuillier's Pánjáb and adjoining coun-
tries.

△ Móngbe, southern foot of the Bára Lácha
pass— Cross the Bára Lácha pass, 32° 43'·5;
77° 25'·3 ♂; 16,186 ft.— Námtso, or Yunámtso,
a small glacier lake (15,570 ft.).

△ Chála (15,273 ft.), northern foot of the
Bára Lácha pass, 4 miles from its top; (no
fuel at △ Chála)— △ Kilung, or Kignung.

△ Tákenak, at the upper limit of shrub vege-
tation, on the right bank of the Kilung river—
△ Kibubráng— △ Chérap.

△ Gyám (13,511 ft.), fuel and grass; an easy
march— △ Démra— △ Múrong.

△ Súmdo (15,806 ft.), south-western foot of the
Lácha Lung pass— Cross the Lácha Lung pass
(16,750 ft.), a gentle ascent— Enter a narrow
défilé which ends 3 miles before △ Phyáng.

△ Phyáng— Enter the lake basin of Kyángchu
(15,781 ft.) — Pass the salt-lake Múretso
(15,517 ft.).

△ Rúkchin, 33° 14'; 77° 50'; 15,764 ft. In
summer there are tents of the Tibetan
shepherds; provisions may be got then, but in
small quantities only. (A long march from
△ Phyáng to Rúkchin).

Bárang, see Bruáng.

Barássu. Under this name are comprised the
four villages: Datmír, Gangár, Poá, and Ussílla,
in the Tons valley.