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Correspondence of the Commissioners 



[Feb. 



Bate. 



5 th Sept 



6th 



(1. 



8th 



9th 

 10th 



11th 

 12th 



llUh 



Halting 

 place. 



No. of 

 miles. 



Gyihbar, 



61 



Jukhta. 



6f 



Bongrochan 



2J 



Pratang 

 Kongma. 



7 



Halting 

 place. 



11 



Niirbu 

 Sumdo. 



11 



Dunyar. 



9 



Dongan. 



H 



Gurkhyam. 



lOf 



Remarks. 



At 4 miles passed the village of Kyi, 

 with a picturesque looking monastery 

 seated on a rocky eminence. From this 

 point the road left the Piti river and 

 turned to the northward of the Le-chu 

 to Gyihbar, the last village in Piti. — 

 Height above the sea 14,000 feet. 



A halting ground in the bed of the 

 Le-chu, a narrow gorge 15,000 ft. above 

 the sea. The wild leek was plentiful on 

 this march. 



An encamping ground, 17,000 feet 

 above the sea. Here I suffered from 

 headache and sleeplessness. The San- 

 gram vuzeer, as well as numbers of the 

 coolies and servants, likewise complain- 

 ed of headache. 



Crossed the Parang Pass, 18,600 ft. 

 high. No snow on south side. To the 

 north the road laid over a snow- bed for 

 \\ mile, then rough and stony to camp. 

 A magnificent glacier filled the ra\ine 

 as far down as 2\ miles from the top of 

 the Pass. 



Road along the bed of the Parang ri- 

 ver, level but stony. Snow-pheasants 

 numerous. 



Road along right bank of Parang river, 

 level and stony. At this point we were 

 about 7 miles to the south of the Great 

 Chomorin lake. 



Road along right bank of Parang ri- 

 ver. Saw two Kiangs, or wild horses, 

 on the opposite bank. 



Crossed the Parang river and proceed- 

 ed to the north-east, up the dry bed of 

 a former lake of some extent. 



N. B. — Lieut. Strachey here parted 

 from us and continued his course down 

 the Parang river to Chumur. 



A gradual but long and very fatiguing 

 ascent for 5 miles, to top of Sanak Pass, 

 18,200 feet above the sea. In crossing 



