APPENDIX I
RIDE FROM LHASA.
T h e following bare record of the times of a ride from Lhasa to
Darjeeling may, perhaps, he of some small interest. As I have
said, the question of the real nearness to India' of Lhasa in
point of time was one which the authorities were anxious to
decide. With a led horse apiece, and with very small kit, a
well-found body of men would occupy about the time that I
took myself in coming down from Lhasa to Darjeeling. The
distances given are those by the shortest route. This was not
always available for myself.
F ir s t d a y m i l e s .
Left Lhasa, 5.36 a.m.
Arrived Tolung Bridge, 6.55.
Last view Chorten, 7 .22.
Great Buddha, 8.
First spur, 9.15.
. Spy Hole Rock, 10.12.
Nam, 10.37.
Chusul, 2.15 p.m.
Pome-se, 3.40.
Chak-sam Ferry, 4.40... 42
S eco n d d a y :—
Left Chak-sam, 6.45 a.m.
Arrived Kamba-partsi, 8.35 ...
Top of Kamba la, 11.56.
Pe-di Jong, 4.10 p.m. 27
Stayed twenty minutes at Nethang.
Stayed half-an-hour.
5 River in flood; an average crossing
I would be about 20 men per hour.
Stayed twenty-five minutes.
T h ir d d a y :— MILES.
Left Pe-di Jong, 8.50 a.m.
Arrived Kal-sang Sampa, 9.57.
Arrived Nagartse, 12.40 p.m. 17
F o u rth day
Left Nagartse, 7.7 a.m.
Arrived at the Tibetan Wall, 11.0
Arrived Karo la, 12 noon
Arrived Ra-lung, 4.19 p.m. 27
F ifth d a y :—
Left Ra-lung, 6.20 a.m.
Arrived Long-ma, 8.40.
Arrived Gobshi, 10.50
Arrived Gyantse, 4.7 p m. 33
S ix th d a y :—
Left Gyantse, 5*35 a.m.
Arrived Saugang, 9.20
Arrived Kang-ma, 2.20 p. m................
Arrived Menza Pass, 7.16. 44
Seven th d a y :—
Left Menza, 5.20 a.m.
Arrived Kala tso, 8.7...
Arrived Dochen, 12.40 p.m....
Arrived Tuna, 5.5. , 42
E ig h th d a y :—
Left Tuna, 7.5 a.m.
Arrived Tang la Post, 10.2 ... ...
Arrived Phari, 11.32 ...
Arrived Dota, 4.35 p.m. 35
N in th d a y :—
Left Dota, 7.20 a.m.
Arrived Gautso, 9.20 ...
Arrived Chumbi, 1.45 p.m. ... ...
Arrived Chumbi-tang, 7.15. 31
T en th day
Left Chumbi-tang, 6.50 a.m.
Arrived Natu la, 8.36.
Arrived Changu, 11.45
Arrived Karponang, 4.15 p.m.
Arrived Gangtok, 9.12. 32
Stayed half-an-hour.
Stayed half-an-hour.
Stayed an hour.
Stayed three-quarters of an hour.
Stayed an hour and a-quarter.
Stayed forty minutes.
Stayed eighteen minutes.
Stayed an hour and twenty minutes.
Stayed fifty minutes.
Met large convoy on road, which delayed
pace considerably.
Stayed an hour and a-half.
Nine days five hours to frontier.
J Stayed fifty minutes. Raining till I 1 reached Gangtok.
Stayed half-an-hour.