and more rugged than the Northern Themas. There is little timber and few meadows. As we broke easily and climbed the pass we saw some small patches of snow still clinging to the peaks at 12,000'. I should certainly like to see this country in July. Probably the birds would then be more active - also mosquitoes. The pass itself is much like any of the other Tibetan passes only more rugged and stark. The string of lakes below the summit was much like those in Bloody