370 Memorandum, on the countries between [No. 4, 
the village of Same where our two priests MM. Krick and Boury 
were murdered. 
YI. “ To me there is not the least doubt, that the great river 
that flows through the whole length of Thibet, marked on the maps 
Yarou dzanbo, called by the Chinese Ia-lou-tsang-pou, and by the 
Thibetans, Yar-Kiou-tsangbo, is the Irrawaddy. I believe that its 
bending must be brought more to the east. This would agree 
better with the observations made by the English on the tributaries 
of the Brahmaputra. The latter cannot possibly be the Yar-Kiou- 
tsangbo. 
VII. “ Here is the general aspect of this country ; three principal 
rivers, the Irrawaddy, with its tributary the Kan-pou-kiang, the 
Kouts-Kiang, and the Louts-Kiang. These rivers are divided or 
separated by four principal ranges of mountains. The 1st range is 
formed by the last and easterly range of the Himalaya, -west of the 
Irrawaddy ; the 2nd lies between the Irrawaddy and the Kouts- 
Kiang ; the 3rd between the Kouts-Kiang and the Louts-Kiang and 
the 4th between the latter river and the Lantsang-Kiang. The two first 
ranges appear to lower their heads beyond the 28° of North latitude 
owing to the great elevation of the soil in Thibet. The only range 
well known to our priests is the one near their settlement. Two spurs 
of that range that are north and south of their habitation are called 
Dokerla and Dokela.* The latter is visited by innumerable pilgrims 
from all parts of Thibet, who come to worship the Spirit Kaoua 
Kerbo, that is to say, the white snow. It takes 7 days of hard 
travelling, to go from the Louts-kiang, to Kan-pou-kiang, or river of 
Dzain. The distance in a straight line is very short,, but in countries 
like these, where there is nothing but ascending and descending, the 
direct distance gone over during one day is very small. East of that 
extent of territory lies the district called Tsarong, ending at the 
summit of the chain of the Dokerla, separating the rivers Louts and 
Lantsang. West of that same district, near to the Irrawaddy, f and 
close to the Himalaya, is the district of Dzain, where is the village 
of Same two days distant from Oua.J the last Thibetan village in 
* There is a range of snowy mountains called Pouk-la Gangri in Klaproth’s 
map, but near the Gakbo, ancl considerably west of the supposed position of 
Bonga. — Y. 
t For Irawadi read Tsnnpo, which he assumes to be the same. — Y. 
J There is a village called Wa-loung near Same in Wilcox’s map of the upper 
Brahmaputra. — Y. 
