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CONTENT:
to Gyantse. He promises to do this, in return we will send
his photos to him here via a friend in Lhasa.
2nd Sept. Halt at Lhakang.
3rd September. TO MUG-SINGH DZONG. 13 miles. Ht. 11000'. Path
descends 600' steeply below Lhakang to the Lhakang Chu crossed
by a good bridge. It then climbs up the R. bank crossing
a shoulder at m 1. Thence down to the Lhobrak River (here called
the THING CHU) & up the R bank to THING at m 2. Ponies
are changed here. From Thing the path, which is very
good the whole way, rises gradually, keeping 1500 ft or so
above the Kuru Chu. Villages & cultivation are passed and
at m 6 Damé (change ponies) m 7 1/2 (change ponies) and 9 1/2
Kesho (change ponies). Beyond this, route continues level,
turning up the side valley for a mile, then crossing this
valley on the left bank on which at m 13 is situated
MUG. Water fuel & some supplies. // A tiring day
owing to the constant changes from one pony to
another - all extremely uncomfortable. At Kesho the
Jongpen met us, having ridden out to see us off - a
kindly action. The rate he quoted for the 10 miles
there was 4 tenkhas a pony: the rate for the last 3 1/2
miles was 1 tenkha per 3 men or 1 tenkha for 2
ponies. A tenkha is 14 to the rupee, so that each coolie
was due about 1/2 d for that work. Views rather
