English: Identifier: transhimalayadis02hedi

Title: Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet Year: 1909 (1900s) Authors: Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952 Subjects: Tibet (China) -- Description and travel Publisher: London : Macmillan and co., ltd. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing After Image: XXXVIII CHAKTAK-TSANGPO OUTLET 45 north, round which my plans and my dreams circled con-tinually like young eagles. So we set out on May 21, north-westwards, and sawthe summits of the Chomo-uchong disappear behind itsoutskirts. From the camp we could see several valleysin the north-west drained by the source streams of theRaga-tsangpo. Just beyond Raga-tasam we again leftthe route of the English expedition, and on the 22ndclimbed up to the pass Ravak-la, which lies on a lowridge between two of the source streams of the Raga-tsangpo. On the 23rd we crossed four passes. TheKichung-la is the watershed between the Raga-loshungand the Chungsang, a river which takes an independentcourse to the Tsangpo. The ascent to the fourth pass,the Kanglung-la, was very tiresome, the ground consist-ing of wet alluvium, wherein the horses sank so deepthat we preferred to go on foot and splash through themud. We were now on the heights whence the waterflows down to three of the northern tributaries of the

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