The New York herald., 1868-03-22

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but faithfully Kept bs snsy ywscS as n% r
turned to Gartokh, northeast OF Smia aner eighteen
months absence. Thence ms nro!ner continned MS
Montgomerfe converted the Buddhist ''mani-chuskau
or PRAYER wheel into an instrument which concealed
rected ny error in counting his PAGES by the use OF
the rosary, which at the same time kept or In
truders for no good Buddhist VIII address another
Pundit managed to carry quicksilver in the wooden
bowl worn by all Bhooteas at the waist. With the
aid OF q bullseye lantern he was able to read the
sextant at night till one Of the Tadum monks an
nexed the lantern. Captain Montgomerie has now
repored the results OF his tests of the Punit's OBJ
servations, and pronounces the Pundit "a most
excellent and trustworthy Observer All will agree
that 1.-THE Pundit has performed feat Of which
native OF Hlndostan or any other country may well
His results Area great number of meridian alti-
tudes OF the and stars taken for latitude ut thirty
one different points, including observations at Lhasa,
Tashchimlo and other important places; an elabo-
rate route survey OF l. 200 miles from Khatmundi to
Tadum, and Lhasa to Gartokh fixing the course OF
the Brahmaputra from its source near Mansarowar
lake to the point where 1t is Joined by the Lhasa
river and determination OF the heights OF thirythree
points by observation OF the temperature OF the air
and boiling water or the more popular information
collected have given few examples, and would
only add his description OF the ssWhaam" or "Jong
am," the great Thibetan road, level track OF 500
miles, from Lhasa; north Of Assam, to Gartokh,
height of Mont Blanc, on the Indus, 1t crosses
the Kailas range at great height; descends to
feet in the upper basin @ Of the suteJ coasts
another; rises gently to the water shed between the
Sutlej and Brahmaputra at the Marihamla Pass;
follows close the north OF the chief Of the
Brahmaputra, in sight Of the mighty glaciers which
give rise to the rivers follows its left bank to Tadum
Just before which i crosses tributary as great as
to the valley Of the Raka Sangpo river high
hills and again reaches the Brahmaputra lso miles
below Tadum passes to the right bank near Jang-
lache; goes over hills to Shigatre, large town
II 800 feet above the sea; runs south till 1t ascends
the IL nPenanangchu river; crosses the Kharola Pass,
IL 900 feet hgh descends to and skirts the Yamdok
cho Lake; sharply rises TO the Khaala Pass; again
meets the Brahmaputra now only 400 feet above the
sea, leaves after stage for its tributary the river
OF Lhasa which city reaches in three stages
This takes away our BREATH but the road Is an easy
track marked on by cairns and 80 running by nat,-
tween Gartokh and Lhasa, except to cross rivers.
Nor need he suffer hardship. There are twenty-five
ty to seventy miles, with houses where from $50 to
200 men at time may be accommodated, and where
messengers are wonderful fellows, and dicult to
understand why they should go at such pace.
They 60 continuously stopping neither night nor day
miles ride are haggard and worn, with cracked
faces, bloodshot eyes, and "ther bodies eaten by
that they shall not take of their clothes, they
are sealed over the breast and none may break the
seal save him to whom the messenger Is sent. For
special messengers food is ready prepared and
horses ready saddled while the glorious starlight OF
the elevated regions Of Thibct always helps them at
men accompany the courier. On urgent occasions a
courier will pass over the 800 miles have described
In two or three days less than twenty-four. The
number OF marches Is ffty-eight, and most OF them
are long and tedious. Ordinary letters have a
feather attached to them, and take thirty days from
Lhasa to Gartokh being passed on from village TO
village. Our grand trunk road from Calcutta to
Peshawur is more than twice this distance
and is brideed throughout, but l should be
sorry to say what 1t has cost In construction and
costs annually in repairs. | have often met the
viceroy's Overland Express In the jungles Of native
Utfh fhn a tfnp hafra ial md
them, each riding his eighty miles at full speed, and
meeting ready saddled horse every six miles, Thus
communication used to be kept up between Calcutta
or Sima and Bombay by Agra and Khunduah or
Minar almost as rapid as II the railway had been
completed throughout But no one man rode more
than eighty miles, and the road crossed only the low
Vindhyas and SatpOoras. The Royal Geographical
Society will doubtless hear more Of our Pundit who
well deserves the given to him. In the absence
OF any other OF the vambery OF India.
Submitting to an equal number lies and disguses,
he has yet accomplished much more for science for
he could dare to take observations. He is likely
to repeat this service for which the scientific world
is greatly indebted to Captain Montgomerie.