214 Notes on Moorcrofts Travels in Ladakh, [No. 147. 



The taoche, or togotcheh, or dogotcheh, is simply the deputy of the 

 resident manager of the Pitti district; he is however particularly 

 charged with the collection of the revenue under the karrpan or 

 griot, chief or manager ; and he also collects the porters and beasts 

 of burden for the use of the Rajah, and proceeds in person with them 

 if many are required. 



Khaza Khan was the father of the present karrpan, or manager of 

 Pitti ; he was a Buddhist and not a Mahometan as might be supposed, 

 if we looked upon Khan with our Indian experience only ; his real 

 name was Teshi (or Tashi) Dandup. 



Paon is not known as the word for scribe in Pitti or its neighbour- 

 hood, but the individual alluded to by Mr. Trebeck, is still remember- 

 ed as a skilful carver, &c. He was the eldest son of Khaza Khan, 

 above-mentioned. The Bhotee for scribe is dunghi. 



Sultan Begh was of a family of Shia Mahometans settled near Leh ; 

 his grand-daughter or great-grand-daughter married Gholam Khan, 

 subsequently made chief of Pitti, an active partisan of the Sikhs ; 

 and who was put to death by the Chinese after their victory in De- 

 cember 1841, near the Mansarawar Lake. 



Food. — All classes of Tibetans eat three meals a day : the first con- 

 sists of tea ; the second of tea or of meal porridge, if that cannot be 

 afforded ; the third of meat, rice, vegetables and bread by the upper, 

 and soup porridge and bread by the lower classes. The Tibetans 

 never drink plain water if they can afford it ; the poorer drink a bever- 

 age called chang. — Moorcroft, II, 328-331. 



The food of the people (of Kunawar) is bannocks of different kinds 

 of grain, kitchen vegetables, and a great proportion of meat; their most 

 usual drink is tea, and they occasionally take a dram of spirituous 

 liquor, and at their festivals they indulge pretty freely. — Gerard, p. 77* 



The food of the people, (i. e. of the Hangrang Bhotees,) is almost 

 wholly flesh, for even a part of the little grain produced is exported, and 

 most of the rest made into an intoxicating liquor named chong. They 

 take their dram of spirits in the cold mornings. — Gerard, p. 1 13-1 14. 

 Flesh of all kinds forms the principal part of the food of the Lada- 

 khees. — Gerard, p. 154. 



I think the above observations are applicable only to the better 

 classes, and not to the poor people; that is, to nearly all the people. 



