Note 16 — Chapter X · VISIT TO SAKYA AND RETURN TO INDIA.
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Leaving the village of Map-ja, in which there are about one hundred houses, we breakfasted at Donkar, and then made our way towards the Shong-pa la, following up the course of the Shong chu. The ground in many places was riddled with holes made by a burrowing animal called srimong,16 and our ponies had many tumbles by putting their feet in them.