258 Itinerary from Phari in Thibet , to Lassa. [April, 



The following Thibetan words are here translated for the convenience 

 of the reader : — 



Choo or tchoo, River, 



La, Mountain or Range, 



Tso, Lake, 



Lahuri or lari ; A mountain Peak ; Chuma Lahuri or lari, 



the Peak of Chuma ; Larichoo, the 

 river of the Peak. 

 Goomba or Goompa,. . Monastery, 



Gelong, , . . Priest, 



Lama, . High Priest, 



Anni, Nun, 



Deunkang, Caravansari, 



Jong, Fort or residence of a chief, 



Samba, Bridge. 



Where elevations are given, they have been calculated by making the 

 informants compare known elevations at Darjeeling with the places de- 

 scribed, or rather with their recollection of them. 



Route from Phari to Lassa, 



1 . Phari to Tangla. — A short march about 6 miles — direction north 

 by west. Phari is on the west bank of theMachoo river.* The route to 

 Tangla lies in the bed of the Larichoo River, which has its rise in the 

 Chumulari mountainf and falls into the Machoo about two miles from 

 Phari. The highest peak of Chumulari is close to Tangla. Chapa 

 Goomba of Turner's route, is a mile to the east of " Tangla/' and is over- 

 topped by the peak of Chumulari, There are 21 GoombasJ round the 

 base of Chumulari. Chapa is one of them ; pilgrims make the circuit of 

 the mountain visiting all the Goombas, which can be accomplished in 

 five days ; at all the Goombas save one, (Katok Goomba) there are 

 Lamas, some of whom are Bhutanese. The majority are Tibetans. The 

 circuit of Chumulari is reckoned a work of great merit. The Goombas 



* Rises at Choloa, flows 10 stages N. E. and then E. to Phari. It is no doubt the 

 Pachu of Klaproth and Painomchu vel Goddada of some of our maps, though the 

 confounding of the two last is a great error. — B. H. H. 



f See Turner's Embassy to Tibet, and vol. 12 Asiatic Researches, p. 253— 4, for notices 

 of Chumulari, which is estimated to be 28,000 ft. above the level of the sea. 



% Gumba, religious house, Monastery or Convent, Ani Ghenba, Nunnery.— B. H. H. 



