Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . (Dengko) and thenceserves as the Yangtze-Yalung divide down to below this stretch of its course it contains some very high peaksand glaciers behind Dzogchen Gomba, below which it iscrossed by the Tro La on the main road to De-ge. Furtherdown it appears as the magnificent snow-capped range whichstretches along the southern side of the Yalung plain fromRongbatsa to below Kanze; in this neighbourhood it iscrossed by the Tsengu La and the Hon La on the road toBeyii an
Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . (Dengko) and thenceserves as the Yangtze-Yalung divide down to below this stretch of its course it contains some very high peaksand glaciers behind Dzogchen Gomba, below which it iscrossed by the Tro La on the main road to De-ge. Furtherdown it appears as the magnificent snow-capped range whichstretches along the southern side of the Yalung plain fromRongbatsa to below Kanze; in this neighbourhood it iscrossed by the Tsengu La and the Hon La on the road toBeyii and Southern De-ge and by another high pass behindBeri on a road to Nyarong. Below Kanze it is pierced by thegorges of the Yalung, which are overlooked by a giant snowpeak, Kawalori, a sacred mountain of Nyarong. From hereit continues south-east to Tachienlu, where it serves as aclear-cut racial boundary between Chinese and Tibetan in-habited country; it is here split into two by the valley of theriver of Tachienlu, which is overlooked by snows on bothsides. From Tachienlu it continues south, containing here PLATE LIX. MIDDAY REST ON THE GRASS COUNTRY OF KAM IN THE SUMMER
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