490 Route of two Nepalese Embassies to Vekin. [No. 6. 



Tli us there are 104 langurs or mountain ridges and passes between 

 Kathmandu and Pekin, and of these 102 occur in the noncarriage- 

 able part of the way or in the first 897 kos ; and the last two only 

 in the remaining 353 kos or the carriageable part. This latter may- 

 be said to be entirely through plains, for of the two hills occurring 

 only one is at all noticeable, and both are traversed in carriages. 

 From Kathmandu to the iron boundary bridge beyond Tachindo 

 (China frontier) is 665 kos ; and thence to Chinchi Shan or Mount 

 Chinchi is 20 kos. Throughout these limits, or 685 kos from Kath- 

 mandu, mountains covered with snow occur. In the remaining 565 

 no snowy mountains occur. 



Horses are used for the first 894 [query 897] and carriages for 

 the last 356 [query 353]. Total 1250 kos. 



