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0154 Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3
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Route No. 217.

From △ SÚMGAL (Turkistán) to △ SÚGET
(Turkistán).

A secondary route, passable for horses.
Road follows continuously the Karakásh valley.

△ Súmgal, 36° 8'; 78° 3'P; 13,215 ft., on the
right bank of the Karakásh river (fuel and
grass abundant).

△ Gulbagashén (12,252 ft.), famous Yáshem
(Nephrite) quarries.

△ Billékchi.

△ Súget, 36° 10'.4; 77° 50'-1P; 12,960 ft., 2
miles distant from the left bank of the Kara-
kásh river.

Route
from SÚNGNAM to CHÍNI,
see No. 40.

Route No. 218.

From SÚNGNAM (Kánáur) to DÁBLING (Kánáur).

A principal route, passable for horses.

Maps: Gerard's Koonawar.

Súngnam, 31° 46'; 78° 27'; 9,020 ft.—Continue
along the left side of the Dárbung valley—
Telingkéu.

Sheásu—Leave the Dárbung valley and con-
tinue along the right side of the Sátlej valley.

Púi—Cross the Sátlej river by a sánga-bridge
called Námptu.

Dábling, 31° 45'; 78° 37'; 9,311 ft., on the left
bank of the Sátlej river (an easy stage).

Route No. 219.

From SÚNGNAM (Kánáur) to DÁNKHAR, or
DRANKHAR (Spiti).

A principal route, passable for horses, but only
with difficulty.

Maps: Gerard's Koonawar.—Indian Atlas, sheets 47 (second
edition) and 65.

Súngnam, 31° 46'; 78° 27'; 9,020 ft.—Cross a
river—Rushkatóng—Continue along the Rush-
katóng valley—Rópa (9,831 ft.).

Encamp at the south-eastern foot of
the Tomokéu pass—Cross the Tomokéu
pass (13,547 ft.).

△ Súmdo (12,915 ft.); a rather long march—
△ Pamachán (13,643 ft.)—Cross the Mánirang
pass (18,612 ft.).

△ Sápona (15,273 ft.); a very long march—Pass
a small lake.

Manés—Cross the Tódi chu river by a bridge—
Cross three other rivers.

Dánkhar, or Drankhar, 32° 6'; 78° 13';
12,774 ft., near the right bank of the Tódi chu
river.

Route No. 220.

From SÚNGNAM (Kánáur) to SHÁLKAR (Spiti).

A secondary route, passable for horses.

Literature: Gerard's Koonawar, pp. 295-6.—Hutton, in
Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. VIII, part II., pp. 296-50.
—Thomson's Western Himálaya, pp. 96-121.—Tables
of Routes and Stages, p. 316.

Maps: Gerard's Koonawar.—Indian Atlas, sheet 47 (second
edition).

Súngnam, 31° 46'; 78° 27'; 9,020 ft.—Cross
the Hángarang pass (14,837 ft.).

Hángo (11,468 ft.), 10 miles from Súngnam.

Li, or Lio, on the right bank of the Píti river,
7 miles from Hángo (an easy march)—Cross