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



41. Debong Goomba, or Convent of Debung. — About 15 miles in a 

 northerly and easterly direction. The road all the way is paved with 

 stone flags and is broad and level. The country around is fertile and 

 well cultivated. The grand Lama of Lassa, Gemooramoochi, fre- 

 quently resides at Debong Goomba, which is a very large one and has 

 extensive endowments of land.* The Lama has five principal Goom- 

 bas immediately subject to his control and near to Lassa. His chief 

 residence is in Lassa, at Patala Goomba. To the east of the city is 

 " Sera Goomba," one day's journey. To the west is " Debong Goom- 

 ba," a similar distance. To the south is " Mol Goomba," and to the 

 north is the " Gandeng Goomba." The road at Debong Goomba 

 takes a southerly direction along the Kechoo river to Lassa. The 

 Kechoo is not crossed before reaching Lassa, it runs to the east of the 

 city about half a mile. Patala Goomba is built on a rock. 



42. Lassa. — 15 miles from Deboong ; a paved road all the way. The 

 capital of Tibet and centre of Tibetan commerce and learning. 



Remarks by Mr. Hodgson. 



I have carefully compared Dr. Campbell's Itinerary from Phari to 

 Lassa, with Klaproth (Memoires relatifs a l'Asie hi. 370 — 417) and 

 Eitter (Atlas von Asien of Mahlmann). Klaproth, followed by Ritter, 

 places Phari in 28 N. Lat. and Lassa in 30f N. Lat. His longitude of 

 the former place is 87 — of the latter, 89f ; so that we have 2f degrees 

 of northing and the same of easting, and cannot allow above 400 miles 

 for the whole distance, even if we give 100 for the road increase, and 

 that is too much allowance on that head. Klaproth' s main data are 

 so well founded (Mem. ubi supra, p. 371) as to command a necessary 

 assent: wherefore Dr. Campbell's total of 515 miles is clearly too much 

 by above 100 miles. On routes like this, where there are few inhabited 

 places to halt at, lazy folks like Lamas, make innumerable stages, 

 guided by indolence and by convenience of wood and water, — both very 

 rare in Tibet. Klaproth has but 21 stages — Dr. Campbell, 42. Klaproth's 

 stages, as far as given, are as follows : — 



1. Chasa,. -j Chumalari occurs between 2-3 stages, much 



2. Gangnam, > north of Chasa ; and under the peak is the lake 



3. Dochia, J of Ram or Ziim ; route is due north all the way. 



* Well described in Hue's narrative.— B. H. H. 



