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arrange for my return through Sikkim. Through the 

 kindness of Col. Thoresby, the Resident at that Court, and 

 the influence of Jung Bahadoor, this request was promptly 

 acceded to, and a guard of six Nepalese soldiers and two 

 officers was sent to Dorjiling to conduct me to any part of 

 the eastern districts of Nepal which I might select. I 

 decided upon following up the Tambur, a branch of the Arun 

 river, and exploring the two easternmost of the Nepalese 

 passes into Tibet (Wallanchoon and Kanglachem), which 

 would bring me as near to the central mass and loftiest 

 part of the eastern flank of Kinchinjunga as possible. 



For this expedition (which occupied three months), all 

 the arrangements^were undertaken for me by Dr. Campbell, 

 who afforded me every facility which in his government 

 position he could command, besides personally superin- 

 tending the equipment and provisioning of my party. 

 Taking horses or loaded animals of any kind was not 

 expedient : the whole journey was to be performed on foot, 

 and everything carried on men's backs. As we were to 

 march through wholly unexplored countries, where food 

 was only procurable at uncertain intervals, it was necessary 

 to engage a large body of porters, some of whom should 

 carry bags of rice for the coolies and themselves too. The 

 difficulty of selecting these carriers, of whom thirty were 

 required, was very great. The Lepchas, the best and most 

 tractable, and over whom Dr. Campbell had the most direct 

 influence, disliked employment out of Sikkim, especially in 

 so warlike a country as Nepal : and they were besides 

 thought unfit for the snowy regions. The Nepalese, of 

 whom there were many residing as British subjects in 

 Dorjiling, were mostly run-aways from their own country, 

 and afraid of being claimed, should they return to it, 

 by the lords of the soil. To employ Limboos, Moormis, 



