Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . er and reached their own country. From Pamutang the road runs down the valley for ninemiles to the hamlet of Kungtzeding, just before reachingwhich the stream turns suddenly away to the east, droppingdown through a deep gorge towards the Yangtze. BeyondKungtzeding a low ridge is crossed, and the road thendescends a long ravine down to the Yangtze, the valley ofwhich is followed up for a short distance to reach the hamletof Gora (Chinese Kungla). Descending from Kungtzeding
Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . er and reached their own country. From Pamutang the road runs down the valley for ninemiles to the hamlet of Kungtzeding, just before reachingwhich the stream turns suddenly away to the east, droppingdown through a deep gorge towards the Yangtze. BeyondKungtzeding a low ridge is crossed, and the road thendescends a long ravine down to the Yangtze, the valley ofwhich is followed up for a short distance to reach the hamletof Gora (Chinese Kungla). Descending from Kungtzeding to the Yangtze we passedsuddenly from spring to midsummer; at the former place(12,000 feet) the barley was only a few inches above ground;down on the Yangtze level (8,500 feet) it was being harvested. In this neighbourhood we met Dr Shelton, of the AmericanMission at Batang, pushing on for Chamdo with all speed inresponse to my appeal for medical assistance for the woundedthere. From Gora the road continues up the Yangtze for a fewmiles to the ferry, called Drubanang Druka in Tibetan, and 1 See Plate XXX. PLATE XXIX. :g«33Wlgv
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