Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . 240. Lama in mv 241. Loading the Boat with Boxes on crossing the Bkahmaputka. xLii SOURCE OF THE BRAHMAPUTRA 93 me beyond the nearest mountains, where the river Gyang-chu, which we came across a few days before, has itssource. We go down among moraines, granite detritus, andboulders. Here three small clear moraine pools, calledTso-niti, lie at different heights. The ground becomesmore level, and we pass a viani, a rivulet trickling amongthe rubbish, and a small pond, before we reach camp 200in Lhayak, on the bank of the Kubi-tsangpo,
Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . 240. Lama in mv 241. Loading the Boat with Boxes on crossing the Bkahmaputka. xLii SOURCE OF THE BRAHMAPUTRA 93 me beyond the nearest mountains, where the river Gyang-chu, which we came across a few days before, has itssource. We go down among moraines, granite detritus, andboulders. Here three small clear moraine pools, calledTso-niti, lie at different heights. The ground becomesmore level, and we pass a viani, a rivulet trickling amongthe rubbish, and a small pond, before we reach camp 200in Lhayak, on the bank of the Kubi-tsangpo, where thepasturage is excellent and we find numerous traces ofnomad camps. In several places we come across largesheets of fine thin birch bark, which have been detachedby storms and carried by the wind over the mountainsfrom the south. Our three musketeers told us that all the nomads nowsojourning in the Shamsang district would come up herein a few weeks to stay a month and a half, till the snowdrove them away again. In winter the snow lies 5 feetdeep, and many men and
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