234 Notes on Eastern Thibet. [No. 3. 



Route to the Salt Mines in Thibet. 

 Digarchi to Punchooling 3 marches. Direction at Digarchi N. "W\ 

 across the Yaroo. 



Amringjong, 4 marches. Direction, "N. W. 

 To Nakchang, 8 ditto, N. W. 

 Sang-zang Lhoda, 6 ditto, N. "W. 

 Sakojong, 7 ditto, N. W. 

 To-then, 8 ditto, M. W. 

 Bomet, 3 ditto, N, 

 Lon-kurqun, 10 ditto, ]$", 

 Tarokchan, 2 ditto, N. 

 Borgpagege, 3 ditto, N. 

 To Salt mines, 1 ditto, N. 

 Being 55 marches for loaded men, each 10 miles, say. 



Route to the Gold diggings. 



The same from Digarchi as to the Salt mines as far as Sang-zang 

 Lhoda, thence to Kasha 10 marches, N. by W. 



To Komunk 5 ditto, N. 



Two more marches to Gold diggings, "N. 



These marches are somewhat longer than the former ones, and 

 may be each 12 to 15 miles. 



Animals. 



The Goa— An antelope. 



Gnow — The ovis ammon. 



Rigong — Hare. 



Kiang — "Wild ass. 



Lawa — Musk deer. 



Bhaoo — A large deer, Cervus affinis vel. Wallichii. 



Chew or Chiru — Antelope Hodgsoni. 



Dong — The wild yak of Thibet. The fiercest of all known ru- 

 minants. It will rarely allow a man to escape alive if it can come 

 up with him. It is generally hunted on horseback, the great aim 

 being to detach one from the herd. It affects open grassy places 

 and goes in large herds. The following is the plan adopted by 

 hunters on foot for killing the "Dong." 



Its favourite pasturages are ascertained, and in the midst of these 

 the hunters throw up circular enclosures of stone a few yards apart, 



