v i PREFACE.
where the popular mode of spelling has become familiar,
and as it were a portion of the English language, as
in the words Punjab, Jumna, Sutlej, Kussowlee, and a
few others, I have not had courage to carry out the rule.
For the plates which accompany the work I have to
thank Mr. Winterbottom, who very kindly permitted
me to select from a series of sketches those which I
thought most suitable. This was not an easy task; but
in the two views of the neighbourhood of Iskardo I
found so faithful a representation of the extremely
rugged scenery of the Tibetan mountains, contrasted
with the level plain of Iskardo, and the lacustrine strata
of the neighbourhood, that no more desirable illustrations
for a journey in Tibet could be conceived.
The little vignette, too, though it does not represent
any part of the country through which I travelled,
is precisely similar to many ravines in Rondu, and
serves to show that the Gilgit valley is quite the
same in general appearance with that district. I was
more particularly desirous of introducing this sketch,
from the very faithful representation it contains of the
alluvial platforms which skirt the streams in every part
of Tibet.
The map is founded principally upon Mr. Arrow-
smith’s large map, and his name is its best guarantee.
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The districts round the Pangong lake are taken from
a sketch given to me by Captain H. Strachey, and the
whole of the eastern part has been revised by him. A
great part of the course of the Shayuk has been laid
in by Mr. Arrowsmith from my own rough survey,
while the little-known district between Jamu and Zan-
slcar, which I was not competent to survey, has been rendered
as nearly as possible from the notes which I had
made of the length and direction of my marches.
The sketch of the district between Nubra and the
Karakoram pass, which will, I hope, be found useful as
an illustration of that part of my journey, has been
prepared for me by Dr. Hooker, from a rough draft of
my survey, assisted by verbal explanations.
In conclusion, I have to add, that for the correction
of the press, during which process many asperities by
which the manuscript was disfigured have disappeared,
I have to thank my kind friends, Dr. and Mrs. Hooker.