Sakeding, village, 121-22, 127-8 Samchung, pass, 106, 121, 129 Sand dunes, 58, 63-4, 295 Sandakphu, 12, 13 Sanglu, coolie, 254, 256-7 Sedongchen, village, 33-4 Senchal, 29 Serpo-La, 164, 337 Shao La, 112, 118, 153 Sharto, village, 75, 330 Shassi (= New Yatung), 38 Shatog, village, 162 Shekar-Choete, monastery, 67-8, 94 Shekar Dzong, fort and village, 45, 66-7, 96, 295 Sherpa Bhotias, coolies, 24, 188, 224, 252 Shidag, nunnery, 51 Shigatse, 51, 55, 174 Shiling, 161, 188. _See_ Everest, Mount Shung-chu, river, 79 Shurim Tso, lake, 114 Sikkim, survey of, 27, 320-21, 327; journey through, 29-36; flora of, _ibid._ Siniolchum, mountain, 46 Sipri mountains, 99 Skis, 158 Snow, 248, 254, 264-8; temperature of, 270; powdery, 171, 231, 243, 256; powdery snow and wind, 139, 142, 144, 159, 167-8, 259-60, 271, etc. Snow-blindness, 103, 167, 171 Snowfall, 37, 171 Snow line, 56 Snow men, the abominable, 141 Snow shoes, 137, 211-14, 232, 243, 254, 265, 270 Somers Cocks, E. L., 16 Somervell, H. T., 312, 313 Strutt, Colonel E. L., 313 Sun's rays, 270, 308 Survey work of expedition, 179, 312. _See_ Heron, Morshead, Wheeler Sutso plain, 99, 321-22 Takda, cantonment, 29 Tamba Sanye, saint, 281, 323 Tameness of animals, 59-60, 76-77, 80, 83, 88, 94, 131 Tang La, 48, 167, 323 Tang-puen-sum, plain, 48 Tangsham, 114, 117, 152 Targyeling, village, 324 Tasang, village, 79, 289, 327 Tashi Dzom, 95 Tashilumpo monastery, 51, 173 Tashishong, 325 Tatsang, nunnery, 52, 165-6 Teesta Valley, 27, 29-30, 164, 337 Temperature, 269-70, 308, 342 Tents, airlessness of, 143, 154, 258 Thermometers, 342 Thrashing, 164 Thung-La, 282; fauna and flora, 297 Tibet, 13, 36, 170 ff.; geology of, 338; Government, 173-4; helps the expedition, 16, 24, 45, etc. Tibetans, 170 ff. Tibetan beer, 57, 125, 156; bread, 125; burial, 74, 133; climate, 49, 176; coinage and currency, 47, 59, 123; coolies, 223-4; houses, 38, 89, 321; marriage, 74; meals, 48, 59, 62, 67, 101, 108, etc.; mules, 177-9; ornaments, 73, 101, 107; ponies, 27, 55, 101, 176; superstitions, 66, 72, 109, 122, 141, 174, 282; tea, 41, etc. _Times_, newspaper, 19, 156 Tingri, 70-75, 95-101; plain of, 70; its fauna and flora, 96, 295-7; origin of name, 282, 323 Tinki, fort and village, 58, 162; birds of, 294; pass, 60, 162, 321; flowers of, 295 Trangso Chumbab, rest-house, 65 Transport, 27-8, 34-5, 45, 48, 60, 65, 69, 86, 92, 158-9, 165, 173, 284. _See_ Coolies, Mules, Yaks Trintang, village, 326 Tropde, village, 326 Tsakor, village, 70 Tsamda, hot springs, 99, 321 Tsampa, 172-3, 222, 337 Tsang, province, 319 Tsangpo, river, 319-20 Tsering, five peaks, 326 Tsogo, 65, 159 Tsomotretung, lake, 61 Tsong Kapa, monk, 173 Tulsi Dass, gardener, 32 Tulung, village, 323 Tuna, rest-house, 48 Turubaz Khan, surveyor, 319, 321