Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . 246. Tibetans on the Bank of the 247. Group of Natives of Lam;.m.\k CHAP, xuv A NIGHT ON MANASAROWAR 111 tain Kailas, which lifts its summit in the north under acupola of eternal snow, where Siva, one of the IndianTrinity, dwells in her paradise among a host of otherdeities ; and they told me that if I could give them anexact description of the lake and river, they would re-member me in their prayers and their gods would blessme. But that was not why I longed to be there. Thelake had never been sounded—I would sink my lead to
Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . 246. Tibetans on the Bank of the 247. Group of Natives of Lam;.m.\k CHAP, xuv A NIGHT ON MANASAROWAR 111 tain Kailas, which lifts its summit in the north under acupola of eternal snow, where Siva, one of the IndianTrinity, dwells in her paradise among a host of otherdeities ; and they told me that if I could give them anexact description of the lake and river, they would re-member me in their prayers and their gods would blessme. But that was not why I longed to be there. Thelake had never been sounded—I would sink my lead tothe bottom and make a map of its bed; I would followits periphery and calculate how much water pours intoits bosom on a summer day; I would investigate itshydrographic relation to the adjacent lake on the west,the Rakas-tal, a problem which various travellers in thisregion, from Moorcroft and Strachey to Ryder andRawling, have explained differently; I would learn some-thing of the monasteries and the life of Hindu and Tibetanpilgrims, for the lake is sacred in the eyes of Lamaistsalso, who call
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