49G Routes from Darjeeling to Thibet. [Not. 



next stage is " Barfok," thence Lingjah " Ba ;" at Taloong, the 

 confluence of Taloong and " Ba" streams there is a Goomba. The 

 Teesta proper is left to the west at Lingjah, where it is crossed to the 

 east bank. The road beyond Taloong is not known to my informants, 

 but it goes along the stream of this name and over the Tekonglah into 

 Thibet ; Takong is a continuation or spur of Kunchinjinga. 



No. 4. 



Route from Darjeeling to Choombi by the Yakla Passage of the Snowy 



Range. 



1 . Darjeeling to Sumoong. — Via, Lebong-Ging and the guard-house 

 above the Rungeet. Cross the Rungeet at the cane bridge, and ascend 

 in an easterly direction to the encamping-ground, which is about 1000 

 feet above the river. 



2. Chadam. — Direction easterly, with a good deal of ascent ; Chadam 

 is about the same elevation as Namgialatchi, from which it is one day's 

 journey. 



3. Namten. — Direction northerly and easterly. The road skirts 

 the base of Tendong, and there is little ascent or descent. The Ting, 

 a small feeder of the Teesta, is crossed on this march. 



4. Took on the Teesta River or Chang choo. — Descend all the way 

 from Namten to the Teesta. The Rungbo river falls into it 2 cos 

 below this ferry. 



5. Nadok. — Cross the Teesta on a bamboo raft (Sa pan) and as- 

 cend in a northerly direction to this place, which is inhabited by 

 Lepchas and Bhotiahs. 



6. Dikeeling. — Ascend almost all the way in a northerly direction. 

 Dikeeling is a permanent village of Bhotiahs, with a good deal of culti- 

 vation in wheat, barley, maize, rice, kodu, buckwheat, &c. 



7. La Ghep.— This is not the "La Ghep" on the Tumloong and 

 Chola route, but it is the same name for the same thing ; it means, the 

 other side of the mountain, and it is here so called by the ThibetianS j 

 and means the other side of Yakla or the Pass. It would be quite cor- 

 rect in a resident of this side of Chola to call Tangzoo, La Ghep.* 

 Ascend all the way from Dikeeling. There is snow here all the winter, 



* See route from Tumloong to Phari, Journal As. Soc. for April, 1848. 



