1848.] 



deputed to the Tibetan Frontier. 



Ill 



Date. 



14th Sept. 



17th 



18th 



Halting 

 place. 



Hanle, 



No. of 

 miles. 



15 



19th . 



.Mang kang. 



Tamasliap 

 elm. 



Ranak. 



10J 



lf> 



10* 



Remarks. 



this Pass I felt no headache whatever, 

 but others complained of headache, 

 which was no doubt occasioned -by the 

 elevation alone. Road from top of Pass 

 exceedingly rough and stony for five and 

 half miles to camp, in the bed of the 

 Gurkhyam rivulet. 



Road for 4^ miles down the bed of the 

 Gurkhyam, thence over gently undulat- 

 ing ground for 6 miles, then a steep de- 

 scent of 500 feet to the Hanle swamp, 

 round which the road wound for A\ 

 miles to Hanle — a picturesque looking 

 fortified monastery, seated on the end 

 of a rocky spur, and washed on two sides 

 by the Hanle river. This place has ra- 

 ther an imposing appearance, with its 

 square and round towers defended by 

 Machicoulis. The peaceful Lamas how- 

 ever, yielded to Zorawar Singh in 1834, 

 without firing a shot. 



Road level along the left bank of the 

 Hanle river — a few hares amongst the 

 Dama jungle, which here grows up- 

 wards of six feet in height. 



Road for 9 miles along the left bank 

 of the Hanle river ; then over a stony 

 but easy low pass, and along a dry 

 barren plain to the left bank of the 

 Indus, which is here a sluggish swampy 

 stream, abounding with wild fowl. 



Road along the left bank of the 

 Indus occasionally very stony. Passed 

 the villages of Mud and Nyimo on the 

 opposite bank. At this place we took 

 a section of the river which was 240 

 feet broad, and 3 feet deep, with a cur- 

 rent of only 2\ miles an hour. It was 

 fordable with ease, the bed being soft 

 and clayey. The banks are flat and 

 low, and are covered with a long coarse 

 grass. Wc observed some fish in the 

 tiver. 



