1844.] and on Gerard's Account of Kwid war. 217 



than 8 lbs. avoirdupois ; the green sold wholesale at three rupees per 

 seer, and the black at less than two rupees, and the retail price is 

 nearly double. — Moorcroft, II, 350-1. 



There are three kinds of tea brought from Lassa, called severally 

 zangcha, chungchu and kopinjeh. The former two may be called 

 black teas, the kopinjeh green. At the Garo fair, a block of the black 

 may be bought for six rupees, and of the green for 18 rupees. — See 

 also Mr. Vigne's Travels, II, 345. 



Chadam is the name given to the block in Ladakh ; and about Garo, 

 parka is I heard the Lassan name, and ponkah may be a misprint. 



Chabbas — Tea Merchants. — In the course of October, a caravan of 

 chabbas, as they are called, traders from Lassa, arrived with many 

 yaks laden with tea. — Moor croft, II, 252. 



Chabbas means literally tea-ees, i. e. tea merchants, cha or zhja 

 being the Bhotee for tea. The caravan arrives annually from Lassa, 

 returning however the next year; and the investment is chiefly the 

 property of the principal men in the place, i. e. in this case of the 

 public authorities. An officer of the Government, catted jung-c hung, 

 comes in charge of the caravan. I have heard that about a lac and a 

 half of rupees worth, Leh price, was formerly required annually for 

 the Cashmir market, but that of late, the Sikh authorities in Ladakh, 

 in emulation of the functionaries of Lassa, monopolized the trade ; so 

 as in the first instance, to diminish the consumption of the article, and 

 afterwards the value of the trade in it. 



Bissehir Tea — It appeared that a considerable importation of a 

 vegetable product used as tea, took place from the British dependency 

 of Bisahar. According to information obtained from two intelligent 

 natives of that province, the tea of Bisahar is of two kinds, green and 

 black. The green grows in greatest abundance about Jaghul, between 

 Rampur and Sarai, (Sarahan). — Moorcroft, II, 352. 



I understand that the Bisahar tea was produced chiefly about 

 Lippa, that of Jukhul being a greenish variety. The tea or bush is 

 called pangcha. The leaves are exposed in the sun for two days. 

 They are then mixed with a gum called changta or jatta, which oozes 

 from a tree called trin found near Lippa. This, it is said, is done to 

 give it a colour. The bark of a tree called sangcha, (found about 

 Rampur,) is used instead of cinnamon. 



