1856.] 'Route of two Nepalese Embassies to Pekin. 477 



political and natural limits of the several countries traversed, to 

 make the Chountra's and Kaji's papers coincide. But I have attempt- 

 ed this in vain, owing to the different names cited iu the two papers 

 and the different methods of citation. In regard to political limits 

 they concur sufficiently, but not in regard to natural limits. I 

 therefore give the former according to both papers ; the latter 

 according to the Chountra's only, it being quite clear on that head. 

 I annex the langurs or mountain ranges to both statements. 



Political limits Mountain ranges 



according to Chountra, Kaji Chountra, Kdji. 

 kos. 



I. Nepal (from Kathmandu to 



Khasa), 29 34| 6 5 



II. Tibet (from Khasa to iron 



bridge of Tachindo), 636 649| 63 71 



III. China (Tachindo iron 



bridge to Pekin), 585 584£ 35 30 



1250 1268i 104 106 



Remarks. 



I. — From Kathmandu to Khasa there is a difference of 5^ kos, 

 obviously caused by the Kaji's detour via Sankhii, instead of keeping 

 the direct road as the Chountra did. 



II. — From Khasa to the iron bridge of Tachindo the difference is 

 13J kos. It is pretty clearly caused, partly by a small detour, as 

 before, and partly by a slightly different use of terms. In the 

 Chountra's paper the specification in the body of the document is 

 "on this side of Tachindo ;" in the remarks appended to it, " beyond 

 Tachindo," whereas the Kaji's paper specifies Tachindo itself. 



III. — From the iron bridge of Tachindo to Pekin the difference 

 is only half a kos, which is not worth mentioning. 



Natural limits from the Chountra 's paper. 



Kos. Mountain ridges. 



1. Cis-himalayan region (Kathmandu 



to Bhairav langiir), 50 7 



2. Trans-himalayan region (Bhairav 

 langiir to 4 kos beyond Chinchi Shan, 



where the great mountains cease), 635 65 



3. Chinchi Shan to Pouchin (where 



all mountains cease), 212 30 



4. Plains of China (Pouchin to Pekin), 353 2 



1250 104 



