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520 ROUTE FROM CATHMANDU, IN NEPAL, 



16th Stage, of ten cos, to Chang- LarcM. Five cos from Lu-lu you 

 reach the village of Chazinkha, of seven or eight houses. A Sirdar of the 

 Lahassa ruler abides there, who protects trade and travellers, and punishes 

 theft and murder committed on them. The village and the judicial 

 authority are of very recent growth, being established about seven years 

 ago, owing to the occurrence of a foul murder at the spot. The murderers 

 were apprehended, and their remains are even yet visible, nailed on the 

 cross upon which they were executed. Five cos more of level ground, 

 thickly sprinkled with population and cultivation, bring you to Chang- 

 Larche, which is a large walled city. Here, the customary means of con- 

 veyance for man and goods are mules, and camels, and yaks. The yaks 

 of that place have no horns, and are called Nallu. Women are never 

 concealed there. East of the city passes a river, which, flowing north- 

 wards, falls into the river of Digarchi. 



17th Stage, of seven cos, to Phinju-Ling. From LarcM, at the 

 distance of three and a half cos, is a village where resides a wealthy Sirdar 

 on the part of the Court of Lahassa, having three hundred JBhotia 

 soldiers under him. His duty is that of a Collector and Judge. This 

 man's father was a famous warrior, and perished on the field of battle, 

 and after death his body was embalmed and placed within the temple of 

 Fingya Ling, at Lahassa. From the village abovementioned, three and a 

 half more cos of level road, bring the traveller to Phinju-Ling — the 

 country around well cultivated. Here also is a station of the public post, 

 with two horses attached to it. 



18th Stage, of seven cos, to Mopchd. Proceeding from Phinju Ling, 

 three cos, you arrive at the village of Tdngsu-Chambu, in which there are 

 many workers in iron. By the village flows a river called Di-chu, pro- 

 ceeding from south to north. This river has a great breadth and violent 

 current, and is crossed by the traveller at a ferry close to the village 3 



