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TIBET. 
CH APTER II. 
Small Banners> the Boundaries between Bootan and Tibet.—Plain 
of Phari—low Mount dedicated to funeral Rites. — Fortress .— 
Chassa Goombah, Station of the Lama of Phari-—his Jurisdiction. 
— Ld, or Musk Deer. — Ghouz—Severity of the Cold—Range oj 
snowy Mountains. — Chumularee.—Hindoo Superstitions—Tongla 
—Tartar Tents. — Goorkhaw.—Homage to Chumularee.—Superior 
Elevation of this Part of Tibet—deduced from the Sources of Ri' 
vers, the cold Temperature of the Air, and the Mountains clothed 
perpetually with Snow. — Teuna —feeble Vegetation — numerous 
Herds—dreary Aspect.—Tempestuous Character of the Frontier .— 
Mineral Springs—fossil Alkali — Matron. — Dochai.—Lake Ram- 
tchieu—vast Resort of Water-fowl. — Encampment.—Sedjy multi. 
—Sublime Scenery—a Tibet Village.—Farther Traits of Supersti¬ 
tion.—Dogs of Tibet—their Ferocity.—Comparison between Bootan 
and Tibet. 
After dinner our tents were struck, and we advanced on our way 
over the summit of Soomoonang. Here a long row of little inscribed 
flags, fixed in rude heaps of stones, were fluttering in the wind. They 
mark the boundaries of Tibet and Bootan; and are supposed, at the 
