4 Geographical Notice of Tibet. 
who is sent from U-tsang or Lhassa, and generally remains there — 
for three years. __ 
Gugé, part of Nari, lying to the north of Garhwal and Ka- 
méon, consists of two valleys, inhabited by somewhat more than 
two thousand families. The principal places are 7'’saprang and 
of the commanding officer called the Kh’arpon of T'saprang, 
ma 
ak, formerly called Mar-yul, still has its own prince, 
but he must accommodate himself to the political views of the 
Chinese. Zanskar, Purik, Nubra, form part of the Lad 
principality. In the whole of Ladak the number of the inhabit- 
ants does not exceed twenty thousand families. Nearly the 
half of them are Mohammedans, mostly of the Shia persuasion. 
Lé (slé) is the capital of Ladak, the residence of the prince, and 
the emporium of a considerable trade with Turkistan, Lhassa, 
and the Panjab countries. It is about 15 to 20 days’ journey 
from Cashmir to the east, and nearly under the same latitude, — 
(7.e. 34° north lat.). 
Little Tibet or Beltistan (Belti-yul, in Tibetan) is the most 
north-western part of Tibet. There are several chiefs. The 
chief residing at Kdrdo is the most powerful among them ; those 
of Kyeré and Kuru, with some others, depend on the former. 
The chief of Shigér holds sometimes with the prince of Ladak — 
and sometimes with the chief of Kdrdo. The chiefs of Minaro, — 
Hasora ete. are the heads of some predatory tribes. In the _ 
rom 
Yarkand through Beltistan (of 30 days’ journey) ; but | 
