Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-18
NkPAUL AND THIBET.
Difficulties Experienced by an Explore
in These Parkway Regions.

Difficulties Experienced by an Explorer
in These Parkway Regions.
The exploration Of the regions lying to
the north and west of the Indian frontier
has always been difficult task, the inhab-
itants viewing with great. jealousy any at
tempt by Europeans 10 penetrate into their
countries. The Indian Government has,
however, trained native surveyors, who are
viewed with less suspicion, and their ex-
plorations of late years have led to vast
extension of our geographical knowledge
of the Indian TRANSFORMER countries. The
last exploration carried out by these ennis
saries Of the Indian Survey Department is
one made by native called NH, who
traversed some previously unknown tracts
in Nepaul and Southern Thibet, and whose
notes of travel contain points of consjdera-
bic interest. The explorer crossed the
Nepaul boundary near Dagmarathana in
Bhagalpur, and after making customary
presents, obtained a passport authorizing
his further progress, which lay northward
over the Mahabharat range, one of the
spurs of the great Himalayan mountains.
At various points along the route his pass
port was examined, his goods searched.
and a tax exacted from him, and in some
cases he had, in addition, to propitiate the
local authorities with presents At Ju-
bang, Thibetan inhabitants were met for
the first time. khumbujong, little west
of Mount Everset, is the residence of the
Governor of the Khumbu district. The
official is Thibetan, and has held the post
for the last thirty years he receives no
pay from the Nepaul Government, but is
allowed fifteen per cent. of the net revenue
of the district, and pays an annual official
visit to Khatmandu. For time the Gov
ernor absolutely refused the party permits
sion to proceed northward by a route
which he alleged had never till then been
traversed by any Hindostanee or Goorkha.
After curing the wife of the Governors
son of goitre he became a favorite with
that parsonage, and was taken by him in
his train when he started on trading ex-
petition TO the north. Thus, after a six
weeks enforced inactivity, the explorer
again started on his way. On the 23d of
September, near Pangil, the famous deity
Takdeo (horse god, black rock, in shape
like huge horse, was passed. Out of def
erence to Takdeo, which is held very sacred
by the Thihetans no ponies are allowed on
the route over the pass Along the path
are to be seen large masses of rock brought
down by the snow action from the nights
on either side, and poised like capitals on
pillars of frozen snow, about thirty or
forty feet III circumference, and twenty to
thirty feet in hight--a phenomenon seen
nowhere else by the explorer in his extern
sive travels over snow-clad districts.
Crossing the Pangula Pass over the Hi
malayas, the hight Of which he estimated
at over 10000 feet the explorer, after
some trouble at frontier village, succeeded
III entering Thibet. He came to the town
OF Dingri, which consists of about go
houses. The inhabitants are chiefly Thi-
betans, though they are five houses belong
ing to Goorkhas and three or four TO Chi
namen who have established themselves at
this place fer trading purposes. THE houses