234 Notes on Moorcroft* s Travels in Ladakh, [No. 148. 



tacho may be interpreted holy horse ; ta being the Tibetan for horse, 

 and cho being religion or the religious books. Chin, (the zhing of 

 Gerard) is great, and khabab or kabab, and khampa or kampa are 

 the same word, and mean " out of the mouth of." Ka or ka is mouth, 

 and " bob" is " out of," or " issuing from ;" and khampa or kampa is 

 got by pronouncing f * kabab" short, and adding the usual termination, 

 "pa, " thus kababpa or kampa. Kampa is therefore a vulgarism, nor 

 could I ever hear that it means a river, as Gerard says. 



The common legend, connected with these rivers are, that the 

 Indus is named of the lion, from the bravery of the people who dwell 

 along its banks. The Sutlej is named of the bull, from the violence 

 of its stream, which roars and foams over rocks. The Gogra of the 

 peacock, from the beauty of the women of the country through which it 

 runs; while the Burrampooter is designated of the horse, from the 

 excellence of the horses which pasture on its banks. The Sutlej in- 

 deed still rushes along with much of its ancient fury. Peacocks are 

 still to be found on the banks of the Gogra, and its women may still 

 be beautiful ; but the people along the Upper Indus are no longer 

 a valiant race, and the men of the Burrampooter eagerly purchase 

 the horses of Yarkand and other places, as superior to their own. 

 The name of the Burrampooter may require more examination. Ta 

 meaning, as I hear, a certain horse known to tradition or history, as 

 well as horse in general. The designation is rendered more parti- 

 cular by the addition of cho or religious, and it may have some con- 

 nection with a settlement or conquest of the country by the horsemen 

 of the northern plains. 



Concerning the sources of the four rivers, a few words should suf- 

 fice, as we have but few certain foundations to build upon, but the 

 following extracts from Gerard may be quoted. 



Mr. Moorcroft subsequently found out, that the stream which 

 issues from Rawun Rudd is the Sutlej, p. 23. All accounts agree 

 that the largest stream issues from the western corner of Rawan 

 Rudd, or Langa, p. 27- Mr. Moorcroft could discover no outlet to 

 this lake, (the Mansarawar,) although he formerly heard that a com- 

 munication existed between Mapang and Lanka. My information 

 is positive, that about twenty years ago, a stream which was rapid 

 and crossed by bridges, ran from it into the Rawun Rudd, but is 



