A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon . . essrsSharpe and Stewart of Manchester,weigh 10 tons. The running speedof the trains, both up and down, isabout 12 to 13 m. per hour, andtravellers ascend over 1000 ft. anhour. It is worthy of note that thisis the first work of the kind for whichthe capital required was raised entirelyin India. Travellers are strongly advised tohave extra warm clothing at hand,as the transition of temperature fromthe plains to the mountains is some-times very great. Spectacles or veilsshould be used against the dust andblacks from the engine, especially
A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon . . essrsSharpe and Stewart of Manchester,weigh 10 tons. The running speedof the trains, both up and down, isabout 12 to 13 m. per hour, andtravellers ascend over 1000 ft. anhour. It is worthy of note that thisis the first work of the kind for whichthe capital required was raised entirelyin India. Travellers are strongly advised tohave extra warm clothing at hand,as the transition of temperature fromthe plains to the mountains is some-times very great. Spectacles or veilsshould be used against the dust andblacks from the engine, especially onthe front seats of the open carriages,from which the best views are hand luggage can be taken intothe carriages. [Silliguri was lately of specialinterest as the base of the ex-pedition in Thibet, Lhassa being359 m. distant by the most directroute. A road leads from Silligurito the Teesta Bridge (p. 317), thenrises steadily for two stages, andfinally proceeds as a track toGnathong (12,000 ft.), 83 m. from NORTHERN SECTION SOUTHERN SECTION. q LondniL. Jabi Jlliirrn)^ ALbemdplo Street. ROUTE 23. DARJEELING 315 the base. Between Gnalhong andChumbi, 20 m. N., the Jalap LaPass (14,400 ft.) is crossed, and21 m. further Pari Jong is here the direct trade routeturns to Lhassa, which is about200 m. distant. The route toGyangtse (13,200 ft.) crosses the TangLa Pass (16,200 ft.); 42 m. furtheron it crosses the Kharo La Pass(16,500 ft.), and then the KhambaLa Pass (16,800 ft.), and finallyreaches the Chaksam Ferry in 323m. Crossing the Tsangpo here theroute goes up the Kyi valley toLhassa, 359 m., 12,300 ft. above sea-level.] At Sookna station, 7 m. fromSilliguri, the cars begin to turns are very sharp, and at eacha fresh landscape of surpassing beautyis opened out. The sides of themountain are clothed with lofty treesand masses of jungle, with gracefultree-ferns in the ravines at the higheraltitudes. At about 15 m. the carspass round a spur whic
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