102 Note, on the Pangong lake district of LaJM. [No. 2, 



enough, what the winter ave like I can well imagine : the amount 

 cohort, in a tent on the edge of a frozen S heet of water stretching 

 o/miles, must he a very minus quantity. During the whole period 

 of my so ourn there in August 1863,.the weather, with a few solitaiy 

 fine dlys was miserahly cold, nothing hut cloud, ^et, and ran, 

 ma y have seen it under disadvantageous circumstances, and I trust 

 it times it does enjoy a little warmth and brightness. 



tot i It of August we reached Paljung, and in the afternoon 

 1 1J came in sight of the first natives we had seen, v*., three 

 me dri vugTme vail in our direction, they saw us at the same 

 Te, and turned and bolted; we followed hut failed to overtake : tfi = 

 _it being about two miles to the point they had ronnded^they had 

 disappeared up some lateral ravine out of sight : our approach was lee- 

 fore known to the Rudok men. It rained in torrents durmg themght, 

 ai was pitched at Paljung, where a l^."*^ 

 down to the lake, and a low long promontory ran from the Mis on 

 the north out into it. Our road next day on towards Pal Jay over 

 this it being a very long round to follow the shore under the cliffs 

 Rom the low pass the broad dull green plain of Pal was seen, and 

 on its eastern side we discovered the black tents of a small Tartar- 

 camp As our approach was now certainly known to these people 

 ve bent our steps towards them. Three men came out to meet us and 

 turned out very mild individuals, one being a Lhama or priest Then- 

 do^ of the large Tibetan breed, were much more noisy and furious 

 at the intrusion of strangers, and were not to be reconciled unti 

 long after the tents were up. These Champahs informed me that 

 one of their number was about to ride into Noh at once to give the 

 news of our arrival, and have it thence sent on to Rudok, I at once 

 S at my Bhut Moonshi down to write a letter to the Governor of 

 the place, requesting that he would raise no difficulty to my paying 

 the place a visit, and see its monasteries, &c. , . , . 



The next two days I remained at Pal, for the hills were buried u> 

 dense cloud and a good deal of rain fell, so that I was unable to proceed 

 with any suVey work in an eastern direction ; on the third day the 

 ffimitang of Rudok rode in with some twenty followers, and pitched 

 his tents on the other bank of the little stream, and came over at 

 once to see me. He was a native of Lhassa, a short, stout, jovial 





