1848.] 



deputed to the Tibetan Frontier. 



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Diary of the Tibetan Commission, from the 29th of August 1847, to 

 10th January, 1848. 



Date. 



1847. 

 29th Aug. 



30th . . 



31st .. 

 1st Sept. 



2nd . . 

 3rd .. 

 4th 



To Khyuri. 



Huling. 



Lari. 



P6g. 



Dankhar. 



Lari. 



Halting 



place op 



posite 



Rangrik. 



9* 



8# 



8* 



Remarks. 



Crossed the British frontier from 

 Chang Razing into the Chinese territo- 

 ry. Commenced a regular series of ob- 

 servations with the barometer, the dry 

 and wet bulb thermometers, and the so- 

 lar and terrestrial radiation thermome- 

 ters. 



A mere halting place on the left bank 

 of the Piti river. Crossed the Gyu river, 

 which forms the boundary between the 

 Chinese district of Chumurti and the 

 British district of Piti. 



The first village is Piti. Road gener- 

 ally over shingly landslips. 



On leaving Lari passed at 2f miles the 

 desolate, wintry-looking village of Tabo. 

 From this the country was barren the 

 whole way to Pog. 



Not a single village occurred the whole 

 way between Pog and Dankhar. On the 

 opposite side of the Piti river however, 

 there was the village of Mam, the largest 

 in the Piti district. 



At 3 miles crossed the Lingti, a con- 

 siderable stream about 25 miles in length. 

 At 7 miles passed the small village of 

 Lidang. Dip of the magnetic needle at 

 Lara 43° 37 ; . 



At 5 miles passed the village of Karj. 

 At 1\ miles the bed of the river which, 

 from Dankhar upwards had continued 

 wide, open and level, was contracted to 

 about 60 feet, between two rocks, where 

 a wooden bridge was thrown across, a 

 mile and a half below the large village of 

 Rangrik, the Rcrik of Trebeck and 

 Broome. 



