ROUTE FROM CATHMANDU, 



IN NEPAL, 



TO TAZEDO, ON THE CHINESE FRONTIER, 



With some occasional allusions to the Manners and Customs of the JBhotiahs, 

 by Am! r, a Cashmiro- Bhotiak by birth, and by vocation an Interpreter 

 to the Traders on the Route described. 



Communicated by B. H. HODGSON, Esq. 



Stage 1st — to Sdnkhoo: three cos to the east. Sankhu is within the great 

 valley of Nepal, and is inhabited by Neivars. It is about a cos in circuit, 

 and is chiefly built of three-storied pukka brick houses, and stands on 

 the banks of the Manharna river, which is about six yards broad, rapid 

 but shallow. 



2d Stage to Chandela: three cos eastward. From Sdnkhii, about a 

 cos, you come to the foot of the mountain Chandela, of which mountain the 

 ascent to the crest is two cos. The ascent is tolerably well-peopled, and 

 at the top is a Bauddha convent, where travellers halt for the day. 



3d Stage to Paniju-dungd: two and a half cos. The descent of the 

 mountain Chandela is two cos, and peopled like the ascent. From the 



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