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the direction of the Mishmis. Between the two above mentioned 
districts are the pastures of Dromba where are the sources of the 
Kouts-Kiang. 
“ All that country, which forms a part of the prefecture of Sang- 
Nga-Kien-dzong,* is purely Thibetan. All that lies south of it is 
peopled with savages formerly paying tribute to Thibet. The limits 
between the territories of each tribe are generally, according to the 
custom of the country, the summits of high ranges, impassable on 
account of the snow during the greatest part of the year. They 
ordinarily live on the banks of rivers which are to them the best 
and safest highways. 
VIII. “ For the names of those wild tribes, known under the 
general appellation of Lokatra, and the districts they inhabit, 1 am 
chiefly indebted to our boys, purchased at Bonga, most of whom 
belong to those tribes. 
The Louts 1 . 
Lisou 1 ^'* lmese names. 
Terong. 
Penney pang. 
Dedze. 
Anampae. 
Metious. 
Dabou dam. 
Pang dang. 
Lam bem. 
Damra. 
Kabing. 
Mooua. 
Apo. 
Mandeing. 
Telou. 
It is difficult to determine the position of the localities occupied 
by thoses various tribes: what will be stated on his subject, 
requires more accurate information. It is . the result of the reports 
made by individuals belonging to those various tribes. Persons 
* Sangak-tchoui-dzong is in Klaproth’s map, near the sources of the Chodtcn" 
chiu, which may be the Kouts Kiang of the Vicar, and very possibly similar in 
pronunciation, for the relations between Thibetan spelling and pronunciation 
appear to bo complicated. — Y, 
