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Correspondence of the Commissioners 



[Feb. 



Diary of a route of Assistant Surgeon Thomas Thomson, Commis- 

 sioner, Tibetan Frontier, from 2\st October to 30M November, 1847. 



Camp Iskardo, 30th November, 1847. 



Date. 



1847. 

 21st Oct. 



22nd . 



23rd 



24th . . 



25th 



26th 



27th 



28th 



Lyakjung. 



Hundar 



Tertse. 



Unmaru, 



Halting 

 place. 



Karu 

 (Camp). 



Waris 

 (Camp), 



Boghdan 

 (Camp). 



Chulungka. 



y 2 



10 



n 



Remarks. 



Crossed Nubra valley to Taghur (halt- 

 ing place of 16th and 17th) and thence 

 to near junction with Shayuk river. 



Over gravelly bed of Shayuk which is 

 divided into several branches. Forded 

 it half way without difficulty. Hundar 

 a large village. 



Along south bank of river commence- 

 ment of march through cultivation and 

 villages, remainder very barren and 

 stony. 



Much delay in crossing river at com- 

 mencement of march. It was divided 

 into numerous branches, three of which 

 were deep (2\ to 3 feet in places gene- 

 rally above 2). Afterwards along N. 

 bank generally barren. Camp at a 

 large vilage. 



Along N. bank of river through bar- 

 ren stony country. The mountains gra- 

 dually approach river and at end of 

 March leave only room for stream to 

 pass. No village. 



Leave bank of river which is imprac- 

 ticable, to ascend a small valley descend- 

 ing from the north. Its banks were 

 exceedingly barren and precipitous, and 

 the road consequently difficult. A few 

 links, only used for summer residence, 

 and some fields round camp. Snow fell 

 during the afternoon. 



Crossed a high mountain ridge separ- 

 ating the Waris stream from that of 

 Boghdan, and encamped on the latter at 

 a place where there is a good deal of 

 cultivation, but which is only inhabited 

 in summer. 



Descended Boghdan stream to its 

 junction with the Shayuk, which 1 found 



