No. I. Geographical Notice of Tibet. 
[J.A.S.B., Vol. 1, p. 122 (1832).] 
The vast mountainous tract of country between about 73° 
and 98° east longitude from London, and 27° and 38° north 
latitude, may be called by the general name of ‘‘ Tibet,’’ since 
the Tibetan language is understood everywhere from Beltistan 
(or Little Tibet) down to the frontier of China, although there 
be several corrupt dialects ps it, and the inhabitants of these 
countries, in general, have the same manners and customs, are 
addicted to the same "faith ps Buddhism), and have the same 
religious books written or printed in characters common to all 
the different provinces. 
e native name of Tibet is ‘‘ Pot,” as it is pronounced 
commonly; ‘‘ Bod,’’ more properly. It denotes both the 
nation, and the country: for distinction’s sake the country i is 
expressed by ‘* Bod-yul’’ (Bod-land), a male native ‘‘ Bod-pa,’’ 
and a female one ‘‘ Bod-mo.’’ The Indian name for Tibet is 
Bhot, 
The natives of Tibet apply the name Pot, or Bod, especially 
to _ middle Tibet, or to the two provinces ‘‘ U”’ [U] and 
towards Ladak i is called ‘‘ Narv.”’ Bhutan i is called by several 
names by the Tibetans ; as, ‘* Lhopato,’ “‘Lho-mon-k’ ha-zhi,”’ 
‘© Lho-bruk-pé-yul,’’ or simply ‘¢ Tho”’ (the south). According 
to these divisions, the inhabitants of Tibet are distinguished 
thus: ‘‘ Pot-pa”? (or U-tsdng-pa) means a native of middle 
Tibet ; ‘‘ K’hampa’’ (or K’ham-ba), one of eastern Tibet; 
*$ at >> one of western Tibet ; and ‘‘ Lho-pa,”’ a native of 
Bhuta 
The whole of Tibet —_ high ground, and lies among 
snowy mountains. Hence it is called in ‘Tibetan books by 
Sanskrit, abo 
latitude. The sources of the Indus, Sutlej, Gogra, and the 
Brahmaputra rivers are in Nari (Mnahris). There are several 
large lakes also. Tibetan writers, in describing the situation of 
