[72] It is called Ya-go on the maps. S. C. D. says, in the account of his first journey, that this village is on the boundary-line between Lhasa and Ulterior Tibet, belonging to the former country.—(W. R.) [↑]
[73] The Tagmar of our maps. The writer says elsewhere that it has about two hundred houses.—(W. R.) [↑]
[74] The Bra-gyin pa gomba of the maps.—(W. R.) [↑]
[75] The Ngambu dung la of our maps, altitude 14,800 feet; but in the account of his first journey S. C. D. says it is 13,500 feet high. The descent on the north side, he adds, is very steep.—(W. R.) [↑]
[76] Or Luguri jong, as he calls it elsewhere.—(W. R.) [↑]
[77] S. C. D. reached this city for the first time on July 7, 1879. [↑]
CHAPTER II.
RESIDENCE AT TASHILHUNPO.
We entered the monastery of Tashilhunpo by the little western gate, in front of which stand two chortens—one very large with a gilt spire, the other smaller but neatly constructed. I walked along the narrow lane, lined on either side by lofty buildings, with the measured steps and grave demeanour which all wearers of the sacred costume are supposed to have. The rays of the setting sun shone on the gilded spires of the houses and tombs in the monastery, and made a most enchanting picture.[1]