Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . i , / : I ^ -^ -^.^^^ ;vfr;t^C^. 369. Selipuk-gompa. ACROSS THE WHITE PATCH ^Sy being one of the largest in the interior of Tibet. Throughthe valley Goa-lung we rode up on May 30 to the passGoa-la (17,382 feet), flat and easy, lying amidst pink andgrey granite, and affording an instructive view over theTrans-Himalaya to the south. To the south-west we see,close below the pass, the small lake Karong-tso—a newdiscovery, like everything else in this country. Our routeran to the west, when we, on June i, rode, with theKarong-tso on o
Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . i , / : I ^ -^ -^.^^^ ;vfr;t^C^. 369. Selipuk-gompa. ACROSS THE WHITE PATCH ^Sy being one of the largest in the interior of Tibet. Throughthe valley Goa-lung we rode up on May 30 to the passGoa-la (17,382 feet), flat and easy, lying amidst pink andgrey granite, and affording an instructive view over theTrans-Himalaya to the south. To the south-west we see,close below the pass, the small lake Karong-tso—a newdiscovery, like everything else in this country. Our routeran to the west, when we, on June i, rode, with theKarong-tso on our left hand, and a crest of mediumheight on our right, through the district Bongba-kemar,following the great route of the salt caravans betweenRaga-tasam and Tabie-tsaka, which crosses the alreadymentioned pass Tsalam-nakta-la. A high-road fromNaktsang joins this. At camp 417 we had the Chunit-tso near us on the north-west. Although we were at the beginning of June, theminimum sank below freezing-point; in the night of theI St the thermometer fell to °. But the day was warm,nay hot, w
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