1848.] deputed to the Tibetan Frontier. 91 



sioners on the frontier, the absence of the Maharajah's Agents would 

 have prevented us from settling any portion of the boundary during 

 this season. As there are, however, no Chinese Commissioners, the 

 absence of the Maharajah's Agents, Meean Jowahir Singh, and Mehtah 

 Bustee Ram, has only occasioned us much inconvenience in procuring 

 coolees and supplies. Their absence appears to me to be unaccounta- 

 ble ; for, on the 6th instant, I received a letter from Lieut. Taylor, your 

 assistant in Kashmir, dated the 3rd of August, informing me that Meean 

 Jowahir Singh and Mehtah Bustee Bam, had been appointed by the 

 Maharajah to meet the Commissioners at Haule. As the distance 

 between Kashmir and Leh is only 20 days' journey, even for laden coo- 

 lees, Meean Jowahir Singh should have been at Leh by the 23rd of 

 August, and allowing him 3 days halt at that place, both he and Meh- 

 tah Bustee Bam, the Thanadar of Leh, might easily have reached Hau- 

 le by the 10th of this month. 



6. Herewith I have the pleasure to enclose a diary* of our marches 

 from the 29th of August, to the 14th of September, the date of our 

 arrival at Haule, in transmitting which I beg to observe that we have 

 not halted for a single day during the whole of that period. 



7. Trusting that our arrangements, both past and future, may meet 

 with the full approval of the Right Honorable the Governor General, 



I have, &c 

 (Signed) Alex. Cunningham, 

 Bt. Capt. Senior Commissioner, Tibetan Frontier, 

 Ca mp Ha u le, ]5th Sep tern ber, 1847. 



(True Copy) 



H. M. Lawrence, 



Agent and Resident. 



From Capt. A. Cunningham, Senior Commissioner, Tibetan Frontier, 

 To Lieut. -Col. H. M. Lawrence, C. B. Resident, Lahore. 



Bated Camp Le, 9th October, 1847. 

 Sir, — I have the honor to report to you that Dr. Thomson and my- 

 self arrived at Le, the capital ofLadak, on the 2nd instant, since which 

 we have halted up to this day for the purpose of observing the Meteo- 



* As a more convenient arrangement for the reader, we have thrown together, in ths 

 sequel, the various diaries alluded to in the correspondence. — Eds, 



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