* The iron bridge beyond Táchindó is the boundary of Tibet and China. See Diary of a Journey from Káthmándú to Táchindó, printed in our Researches. Thus there are 104 langúrs or mountain ridges and passes between Káthmándú and Pekin, and of these 102 occur in the non-carriageable part of the way or in the first 897 kós, and the last two only in the remaining 353 kós or the carriageable part. This latter may be said to be entirely through plains, for of the two hills occurring, only one is at all noticeable, and both are traversed in carriages. From Káthmándú to the iron boundary-bridge beyond Táchindó (China frontier) is 665 kós; and thence to Chinchi Shán or Mount Chinchi is 20 kós. Throughout these limits, or 685 kós from Káthmándú, mountains covered with snow occur. In the remaining 565 no snowy mountains occur. Horses are used for the first 894 [query 897], and carriages for the last 356 [query 353]. Total, 1250 kós. * This remark, as well as the prior one in the body of the paper, belongs to the original. The bracketed entry of distance is mine, taken from the remarks below of the original. Systematic Summary of the Route from Káthmándú to Pekin, as traversed by the Népalese Ambassador to China, Kúji Dalbhanjan Pándé, A.D. 1822-23, and set down by his Secretary at the close of each day's journey. *Boundary of Népal and Tibet since 1792. + Bhairav langúr is the name in the Khas language. Thánglá, in full Nyánám thánglá, in that of Tibet. These names of the mountain-ridges crossing the route are not in the original, but obtained by me from other sources and therefore bracketed. This famous pass, the heights above which and constituting with the pass one immense snow mass, which mass is equivalent to the Mount Everest of Waugh, commences (see Chountra paper) 3 kós beyond Tholung, or 55 kos from Káthmándú, 50 by the Chountra's more direct route. Thólá= Chólá or Tasya chólá of Chountra's paper. 8 This ridge and the three above it are all very small, and none of them of course snowed. The first or Khyumri is situated between the towns of Shekar and Sakya. Zhi-kha-chhen of Newári, capital of province of Tsáng = zhi-ká-tsé of Tibetan and Digarcha of Khas. § Gyamda thol and the seven next-named mountains are said to be vast masses of perpetual snow. True of Gyamda tholá and Syarkangla and Nhup || Sángwa is on the border of the provinces of U and Khám. From Gnaksa to Sángwa is the jurisdiction of Lhása. The full name of Sángwa is Kwomɔogyamda-sangwa. None of the above with the simple addition lá, instead of Kangla, are snowy |