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Title: Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet Year: 1909 (1900s) Authors: Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952 Subjects: Tibet (China) -- Description and travel Publisher: London : Macmillan and co., ltd. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: rests of rock. In order to give the reader a notion of the scene Ihere reproduce a part of the panorama embracing theKubi-gangri (lUust. 242). To the south, 27° E., is atetrahedral peak, which our guide called Ngoma-dingding.To the south, 11° E., rises another summit, of almostprecisely the same form, which is called Absi. On theeast of it lies the Ngoma-dingding glacier, and on thewest the Absi glacier. West of this stands the lumpyMukchung - simo group, with its culminating point lyingsouth, 24^ W. The northern side resembles a stable withstraight short stalls, each containing a small hangingglacier. To the south-west rise two sharp pinnacles, andin the south, 57 W., a couple of dome-shaped summits con-sisting only of ice and snow ; they belong to the Langta-chen massive, and their firns feed to a great extent theglacier in the front of which the Brahmaputra takes its rise.So the glacier may be called the Langta-chen. To thesouth, 70 W., 88 W., and north, 83 W., rise the summits ^

Text Appearing After Image: i-UTR.. (FROM A Height of 16.453 fbet, July 13, 1907) Sketch by the Author. xLiH SOURCE OF THE SACRED RIVER 103 of the Gave-ting group. To the north, 55 W., three peaksof the Dongdong appear, from which one of the sourcesof the Brahmaputra takes its rise, quite insignificant com-pared to the Kubi-tsangpo. Towards the north-east the sharply defined valley ofthe Kubi-tsangpo runs downwards, and in the distanceare seen the mountains of Chang-tang, pyramidal peaksof singular uniformity, and crowded together in greatnumbers, which form a finely jagged horizon, and inconsequence of the great distance merge into the pinktint of the insignificant snowfields. The Trans-Himalayaseems on this side to widen out and become flatter thanin the east. It was late when we rode down the steep path to thecamp on the Dongdong. And now we had to hurry west-wards and make as many discoveries and collect as muchinformation as possible on forbidden paths, in spite of theMandarins and the Devashung. On July 15

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