Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . 23S. Women in the Village of 239- Inhabitants of the Village of Namla. CHAPTER XLII IN SEARCH OF THE SOURCE OF THE BRAHMAPUTRA Now we were already far to the west ; the force of circum-stances had forced us to leave behind us step by step everlarger areas of unknown country to the north. I wasvexed, but I would, at any rate, endeavour to do all thatwas possible in my hampered condition. At Shamsang,Ryders Lahtsang, we were at the place where the actualsource streams of the Brahmaputra converged from variousdirections. I had long det
Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . 23S. Women in the Village of 239- Inhabitants of the Village of Namla. CHAPTER XLII IN SEARCH OF THE SOURCE OF THE BRAHMAPUTRA Now we were already far to the west ; the force of circum-stances had forced us to leave behind us step by step everlarger areas of unknown country to the north. I wasvexed, but I would, at any rate, endeavour to do all thatwas possible in my hampered condition. At Shamsang,Ryders Lahtsang, we were at the place where the actualsource streams of the Brahmaputra converged from variousdirections. I had long determined to push on to theunknown source, unless the Tibetans placed unsurmountableobstacles in my way. The learned and clear-sighted Colonel Montgomeriehad sent Nain Sing in the year 1865 up the valley of theupper Brahmaputra (Illust. 380). From our Shamsangthe Pundit crossed the Marium-la, and said in his reportthat the sources of the river were certainly in the hugechain seen in the south, and were fed by its glaciers. Hedid not, however, go to look for the actual sources, butcontinu
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