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from Lhassa came out the next morning, saying that his master had 

 gone to Chap rang (which was of course a mere lie). We had con- 

 vinced ourselves that during the present war it was impossible for 

 us to go to Mansarower, since even the Bhutias had been robbed 

 and molested by the disorderly Thibetan soldiers, but we deter- 

 mined to try whether it might not perhaps be possible to proceed 

 to the Upper Indus valley, near Garfcok, which had only hitherto 

 been visited by Moore roft in 1812. After endless negociations with 

 our Dink, supported by rupees, brandy, &c, we succeeded in obtain- 

 ing permission to proceed as far as the Sutlej. "We signed a written 

 agreement, stating that we were allowed to remain three days on 

 the Sutlej, and that we were to pay a fine of Es. 600 if we crossed 

 that river. Accordingly we went on to the Sutlej near its junction 

 with the Gryungul river. After staying there two days, engaged 

 with astronomical and geological observations, we were met by the 

 Bara Mani (Mani's cousin) who had come out to our assistance. 

 He is the welthiest of the Milum people, and has really got much 

 influence in Thibet. He had come a day or two before to Daba, 

 where the Jungpun is his friend and owes him some thousand rupees, 

 and he and the seven Niti Pathans, who happened to be in Daba, 

 negociated with the Jungpun, and must have made a considerable 

 disturbance in the place, telling the Jungpun that we were not 

 people to be ill-treated and driven out of the country with impunity. 

 After two days, the Bara Mani and two of the Jungpun's clerks 

 came to our camp; our brave Bhutias had really succeeded in 

 obtaining permission for us to proceed as far as the Chako La Pass, 

 which lies in the ridge which separates the Sutlej from the Indus. 

 The Hunias had now become quite friendly, and the two Lhassa 

 ofiicials exchanged with us some little presents. "We bought from 

 them a number of Chinese articles at an extravagant price, and 

 before long they had all got the conviction that there was no harm 

 in our staying for some days in their country. 



Permission had been granted us to remaiu five or six days on 

 Chako La and the two Manis had pledged themselves in writing to 

 pay a considerable sum if we should go any farther or remain any 

 longer. We were only accompanied by two people of our guard, 

 the others had found it more comfortable to remain at the foot of 



