212 Notes on MoorcrofCs Travels in Ladakh, [No. 147. 



As my statement of the revenues differs greatly from the estimate 

 of Mr. Trebeck, I may be wrong ; that is, my informants may have 

 purposely misled me. From what I have seen however of these parts, 

 I incline to the smaller sums as the more probable one. In Pitti and 

 the adjoining districts, I would say that eight seers of wheat are now 

 worth eight annas, instead of thirteen, and that eight seers of barley are 

 worth five or six annas only. 



The various claims on the people of Pitti are a good specimen of the 

 complicated relations of the different districts along the Snowy Range, 

 notwithstanding the approximation of the large and consolidated em- 

 pires of England and China. 



I annex a table exhibiting the number of people, and the agricultural 

 means of Changgo on the Pitti river ; together with some other parti- 

 culars which may be curious, if not of much value. Changgo pro- 

 duces somewhat more grain than it consumes, and several of its inha- 

 bitants are traders. The village is in Hangrang, the Bhotee district 

 subject to Biss^hir. 



With reference to the Hangrang district, I may here say, that in- 

 stead of five spots, and some narrow strips capable of cultivation, 

 as Gerard says, p. 15, there are seven separate villages, one temple 

 with lands attached, and at least three detached pieces of land belong- 

 ing to one or other of the villages. 



