Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . PUYULUNG VILLAGE, NEAR KAXZE. i KANZE GOMBA, ONE OF THE LARGEST MONASTERIES IN KAM I AT KANZE 71 plastering them on the house walls seemed to be the principalindustry, we reached the large Geliigba monastery of JoroGomba. This monastery lies on the edge of a grassy basinoverlooking a small lake swarming with wild fowl; to shootthem, however, would have been to cause grave offence tothe lamas of the gomba^. Passing Joro, the trail tops a riseand emerges on to rolling grass-
Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . PUYULUNG VILLAGE, NEAR KAXZE. i KANZE GOMBA, ONE OF THE LARGEST MONASTERIES IN KAM I AT KANZE 71 plastering them on the house walls seemed to be the principalindustry, we reached the large Geliigba monastery of JoroGomba. This monastery lies on the edge of a grassy basinoverlooking a small lake swarming with wild fowl; to shootthem, however, would have been to cause grave offence tothe lamas of the gomba^. Passing Joro, the trail tops a riseand emerges on to rolling grass-lands now patched withsnow. Here we saw many gazelle {gozva in Tibetan, chitziiin Szechuanese). A long pull up hill with occasional shortdescents brought us to the top of the She Chu-Yalungdivide, only about 13,000 feet high. As one tops the lastrise, the great range beyond the Yalung bursts into view, aglittering mass of ice, snow and rock, culminating in thesnow-clad mass of Kawalori (peak of everlasting snow),a sacred mountain of Nyarong, and one of the highest peaksin Eastern Tibet. This great range is here pierced by theYalung, and glimpses
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