Ladák ... with notices of the surrounding countries, Volume 68 |
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Ahmed Shah annual average Balti Bara Lacha Pass Bazgo Bengal Bisahar Botis breadth bridge Byás called Chamba Chandra Chang-Thang Chenab chief Chinese crossed cubic feet Cunningham discharge distance ditto ditto Dogras Drás Dras river elevation exported feet per mile Garo Gerard Gilgit Gilgit river glacier Guláb Sing Gyalpo Hanlé Himálaya Hindu India Indus junction Kahlon Kailás Kanáwar Kangra Kárákoram Kashmir khál Khan Khundan Kotan Kullu Kyang Ladák Láhul lake Lama Lhasa lofty maunds Mean height monastery Moorcroft mountains Namgyal Nubra Nubra river observations Paskyum Pass peaks plains probably Puga Purik Raja range Rávi right bank road Rudok Rukchu rupees Ruthog seers September shawl-wool Shayok river sheep Shigar Singgé Skardo snow snow-line Spiti Strachey stream Suru Sutluj temperature thanadar Thomson Tibet Tibetan Travels valley Vazir Vigne village whole length wind wool yák Yarkand Zanskar Zanskar river Zorawar Sing
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Page 353 - fought under very great disadvantages. The battlefield was upwards of 15,000 feet above the sea and the time mid-winter, when even during the day the temperature never rises above the freezing point and the intense cold of night can only be borne by people well covered with sheepskins and surrounded by fires. For several nights the Indian troops had been exposed to all the bitternesses of the climate.
Page 106 - What is this murmur ? Is it the sound of cannon in the distance ? Is Gandgarh bellowing? Is it thunder?' Suddenly some one cried out, ' The river's come.' And I looked and perceived that all the dry channels were already filled, and that the river was racing down furiously in an absolute wall of mud, for it had not at all the colour or appearance of water.
Page 106 - Khan. Part of the force was at that moment in hot pursuit, or the ruin would have been wider. The rest ran, some to large trees, which were all soon uprooted and borne away ; others to rocks, which were speedily buried beneath the waters. Only they escaped who took at once to the mountain side. About 500 of these troops were at once swept to destruction.
Page 195 - The trees of the Lord are full of sap ; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Page 100 - Through mountains, plains, through empires black with shade, And continents of sand, will turn his gaze To mark the windings of a scanty rill That murmurs at his feet?
Page 353 - Sing fought under very great disadvantages. The battlefield was upwards of 15,000 feet above the sea, and the time mid-winter, when even the day temperature never rises above the freezing point, and the intense cold of night can only be borne by people well covered with sheepskins and surrounded by fires. For several nights the Indian troops had been exposed to all the bitterness of the climate. Many had lost the use of their fingers and toes ; and all were more or less frost bitten.
Page 370 - Every lama carries a chhos-khor, which he keeps perpetually turning by a gentle motion of the hand, assisted by a cubical piece of iron fastened by a chain to the outside. As every revolution of a prayer is equivalent to its recitation, the chhos-khor is a very ingenious instrument for multiplying the number of man's prayers.
Page 311 - There were twenty players on each side, all mounted on ponies and armed with sticks about four feet long, and bent at the lower end. One player took the ball and advanced alone into the middle of the field, where he threw up the ball, and as it fell, struck it towards one of the goals. The goals were formed of two upright stones placed about twenty-five or thirty feet apart. When the ball was driven through a goal, one of the successful party was obliged to dismount and pick it up, for if the opposite...
Page 306 - The most remarkable social institution of the Botis is the system of polyandry, which is strictly confined to brothers. Each family of brothers has only one wife in common. The most usual number of husbands is two, but three and even four husbands are not uncommon. This system prevails of course only among the poorer classes, for the rich, as in all eastern countries, generally have two or three wives, according to their circumstances.
Page 353 - ... the Indian troops had been exposed to all the bitterness of the climate. Many had lost the use of their fingers and toes ; and all were more or less frost-bitten. The...