Identifier: inforbiddenlanda03land (find matches)
Title: In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Landor, Arnold Henry Savage. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York and London, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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A BLACK YAK happy, and we continued our march across the stonyplain until we reached the ridge which extends across itand divides the two sheets of water. We climbed up tothe top, rising to 16,450 feet, and, to make certain thatthe ridge really extended right across, I made an expedi-tion about half-way across, finding the northern partsomewhat lower than the southern, still rising several,hundred feet above the level of the lakes. This expedi- 260
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LAKES RAKASTAL AND MANSAROWAR tion incurred some loss of time, and when night came wewere still on the ridge. From our camping-ground we saw fifteen black tentson the hill-side, and to the east, on the lake shore, therewas a large Gomba, or Lamasery, with a temple and anumber of mud houses. I estimated the distance be-tween ourselves and the Gomba at only eight miles—acheering fact, because I hoped to get fresh provisionsthere to enable us to proceed more rapidly on our journey.We were now quite out of reach of the Gyanema sepoys,as well as of the Barca Tarjum and the Taklakot JongPen, and if we could only obtain a sufficient quantity offood during the night, and proceed by the jungle earlythe next day, there would be little danger of our beingovertaken. The Shokas were, of course, again shakingwith fright at the idea of entering a Tibetan settlement,but I told them very firmly that we must reach TuckerGomba and village that night. We had below us the two great lakes, and before I l

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