Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . he blank patch yawned with itsalluring Unexplored. I have no space here for a complete monograph ofthe Trans-Himalaya, or, indeed, the material for it, untilthe bearings and heights of the peaks have been workedout, the rock specimens identified, and a detailed map con-structed from the sheets I drew. It will take a couple ofyears to work up the material. I will here only communi-cate some general facts, and will begin by citing the passesof first rank as watersheds, appending the names of thetravellers who have crossed some of them : Shiar
Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . he blank patch yawned with itsalluring Unexplored. I have no space here for a complete monograph ofthe Trans-Himalaya, or, indeed, the material for it, untilthe bearings and heights of the peaks have been workedout, the rock specimens identified, and a detailed map con-structed from the sheets I drew. It will take a couple ofyears to work up the material. I will here only communi-cate some general facts, and will begin by citing the passesof first rank as watersheds, appending the names of thetravellers who have crossed some of them : Shiar-gang-la Shang-shung-Ia Dam-largen-la Guring-la Tsebo-la Shugu-la Khalamba-la Chang-la-Pod-laSha-laAngden-laTsalam-nakta-laDombc-laNakbo-kongdo-laSangmo-bertik-laSaggo-laDicha-laSamye-laDsalung-laLungmar-laPechen-la Krishna, 1881Hue, 1845Nain Sing, 1873Littledale, 1895 Pundit, 1872de Lesdain, 1905Hedin, 1907Hedin, 1907 Hedin, 1907 Hedin, 1908Hedin, 1908 16,903 ,587 „ 17,200 „ 18,064 „ 18,284 „ 18,514 „ 19,095 ,.18,133 „. 3^3. The Author in Ti!.i:tax Costume at thk .Mission Station in l)y the Kcv. Mr. .Mar.\. Lxxiii THE TRANS-HIMALAYA 409 Lungnak-la Yor-la Ganglung-la Men-la Pedang-Ia Gebbyi-la Yilung-la Tarkyang-la Surnge-la Pundit ? Hedin, 1908 17,310 feet Tseti-lachen-la Hedin, 1907 17,933 Jukti-la Nain Sing, 1867 Do. Calvert, 1906 Do. Hedin, 1907 19,070 „ It has, then, been my lot to cross eight Trans-Hima-layan passes, while seven have been crossed by othertravellers. Seven of my passes were unknown the others I have seen the Dicha-la and Men-la, whileof the remainder I have only gathered oral Jukti-la is the watershed between the two headwatersof the Indus, the Tseti-lachen-la between the Sutlej andthe Indus, the Surnge-la between the Sutlej and theNganglaring-tso. Shiar-gang-la and Shang-shung-la lieon the watershed between the Salwin and the Brahma-putra. All the others lie on the great continental
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