Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . constitutingthe Mekong-Yangtze watershed, which is crossed by themain road to Batang at the Chia La, the latter being almostwithin view. Descending from the Lagon ridge by a steep zigzag pathwe crossed the Mekong by coracle ferry (there is also a singlerope bridge near by) and ascended the cliff the other side toreach Yenching. The Di La range is here the boundary between the Chinesedistrict of Yenching and the Tibetan province of Tsawarong,and we are therefore now again i
Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . constitutingthe Mekong-Yangtze watershed, which is crossed by themain road to Batang at the Chia La, the latter being almostwithin view. Descending from the Lagon ridge by a steep zigzag pathwe crossed the Mekong by coracle ferry (there is also a singlerope bridge near by) and ascended the cliff the other side toreach Yenching. The Di La range is here the boundary between the Chinesedistrict of Yenching and the Tibetan province of Tsawarong,and we are therefore now again in Chinese-controlledterritory. Yenching (in Tibetan Tsakalo^) was formerly a part of the ^ Yenching, or Tsakalo, appears on many maps of Tibet as Yakalo, orYerkalo, which is the name of one of the hamlets near by; this name, Yakalomeaning the high ground (above the brine wells) is unknown to theTibetans of Kam excepting the local people: the place is well known, how-ever, all over South-eastern Tibet as Tsaka, or Tsakalo (meaning theSouthern Brine Wells ). The Chinese name Yenching also means Brine Wells. PLATK LI 11. OX THE no , A PASS NEAR DT ON THE CHAMDO-YUNNAN ROAD
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