Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . FORESTED RIVER VALLEY IN KAM BELOW THE LEVEL OF THEGRASS COUNTRY. YAK CARAVAN WITH BALES OF CHINESE TEA FOR THETIBETAN MARKET X MOUNTAIN RANGES 215 some very big peaks, towards the Yunnan border. I suspectthis great range to be a south-easterly continuation of theDang La mountains, north of Lhasa, and to be therefore oneof the principal features of the mountain system of Tibet. There are some very high mountains on both sides of theYangtze between De-ge Gonchen and Batang,
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Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . FORESTED RIVER VALLEY IN KAM BELOW THE LEVEL OF THEGRASS COUNTRY. YAK CARAVAN WITH BALES OF CHINESE TEA FOR THETIBETAN MARKET X MOUNTAIN RANGES 215 some very big peaks, towards the Yunnan border. I suspectthis great range to be a south-easterly continuation of theDang La mountains, north of Lhasa, and to be therefore oneof the principal features of the mountain system of Tibet. There are some very high mountains on both sides of theYangtze between De-ge Gonchen and Batang, including thegiants immediately east of the latter; but I have not been ableto distinguish the continuity of particular ranges in thatneighbourhood. It is to be hoped that the heights of the principal mountainsof Kam will soon be ascertained by scientific measurement, the results of which will probably show the existence of somevery high peaks. Amongst the highest will probably proveto be the group of peaks behind Dzogchen Gomba (bearingroughly north from the Mizo La near Beyii); Kawalori onthe Yalung below Kanze; some of the peaks on the Mekong-Salween divide between Chamdo and th