Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . rans-Himalaya in Tibet. Sofar as I know, there are only two more names to be addedto these—namely, Littledale, who on his bold journey in1894-95 passed over the system by the pass Guring-la(19,587 feet), and Count de Lesdain, who crossed it bythe Khalamba-la in 1905. Both describe the magnificentspectacle Nien-chen-tang-la presents from Tengri-nor,but the latter added nothing to our knowledge of theTrans-Himalaya, for he made use of the same pass, theKhalamba-la, as Montgomeries pundit. In his narrative,Voyage aic Thibet, par la Mongolie de
Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . rans-Himalaya in Tibet. Sofar as I know, there are only two more names to be addedto these—namely, Littledale, who on his bold journey in1894-95 passed over the system by the pass Guring-la(19,587 feet), and Count de Lesdain, who crossed it bythe Khalamba-la in 1905. Both describe the magnificentspectacle Nien-chen-tang-la presents from Tengri-nor,but the latter added nothing to our knowledge of theTrans-Himalaya, for he made use of the same pass, theKhalamba-la, as Montgomeries pundit. In his narrative,Voyage aic Thibet, par la Mongolie de Pdkin aux Indes, hementions not a single pass, much less its name. But hefollowed the western shore of Tengri-nor, and he says(p. 340): Des massifs de montagnes tres durs et absolu-ment enchevetr^s formaient un obstacle consequence, je resolus de suivre le premier coursdeau, dont la direction ferait presumer quil se dirigeaitvers le Brahmapoutra. Cest ainsi que nous cheminamesplusieurs jours en suivant les bords dune riviere sans. ;_; rt i> > T. o ^ n u C) -^ -^ o <5 0) o
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