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There is a spring of sweet water on the Island, which supplies the 

 Goomba, and on the mainland the people drink the water of other 

 springs. The water of the lake is not reckoned wholesome. Running 

 water is always preferred in Tibet. Horses and cattle swell up after 

 drinking in the lakes, and sometimes suffer greatly from doing so. 



22. Yassi. — One day's journey in a northerly direction along the 

 banks of the lake. The road is good and passes through level fields 

 and small villages all the way. There is a Post Station here, and no- 

 thing more. 



23. Kesong, {Sambo)— The bridge of Kesong.— One day's journey 

 in an easterly direction and along the lake's side. The bridge of 

 Kesong, built of stone, is over a creek of the •' Yam do Yeumtso," which 

 extends in a northerly direction about two days' journey. It is not 

 running water. At the bridge it is 400 yards wide. The Yamdo 

 Yeumtso is fed by numerous small rills, but has no river running out of 

 it. The bridge of Kesong is sometimes under water in the rainy season 

 (August). It is formed of 18 stone-masonry pillars with a platform of 

 large slabs or slates. The depth of water at the bridge in the dry sea- 

 son is but 2 or 3 feet. 



24. Phedijong* — One day's journey to the eastward along the lake. 

 This is a station for a detachment of about 60 soldiers, Chinese and 

 Tibetans, and the residence of a civil officer, styled the Phedijongpun. 

 There is a good sized village and provisions are procurable. Wheat 

 and barley are the principal articles grown in the neighbourhood. The 

 country is level and productive. The plough with bullocks is used by 

 a few of the better sort of people ; but the hoe (kodali,) is most in use. 

 The cattle hereabouts are of a short horned kind, black, red and spotted. 

 They are famous as milkers. Flocks of sheep and goats are numerous 

 and extensive. The Kiang (wild ass) is not known here ; it is most 

 abundant about Chumulari and Phari. 



25. Tamaloong.f—One day's journey east by south ; about half way 



* Zung or Zeung, is fort, military post. Such and monasteries (Gumba) constitute 

 the nuclei of nearly all the small towns or villages of Tibet; Zung-pun is chatelain, or 

 Killadar.-B. H. H. 



t (Djamaloung of Pemberton's map.) Djamaloung of Klaproth, who however places 

 it on the Sanpu, far north of the Yamdo Yeum and having the Gamba or Kambo 

 range interposed. Kl.'s route crosses the Sanpu here.— B. H. H. 



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