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they had halted for some time to acquire the Thibetan language be- 
fore penetrating into Thibet by that route from Assam.* This fact 
therefore should satisfy M. De Mazure that his theories about the 
Irawadi are all wrong. Not only so, but if he is right about the 
Kuts Kiang being the same as the Shweli, you will observe that 
between this Kuts Kiang and the Kenpoo, which we have identified 
with the Brahmaputra, he mentions no river, so that his evidence, so far 
as it goes, is against the derivation of any supply to the Irawadi from 
the mountains of Thibet, excepting what enters by this river Shweli. 
If again his identification of the Kuts Kiang with the Shweli is only 
a deduction from his maps, I would say that it is highly probable that 
this Kuts Kiang is not the Shweli, but is the unseen eastern branch 
of the Irawadi called in our maps the Sliu-mai-kha. 
Indeed every attempt to construct a map which shall combine 
with the data ascertained by Wilcox in his journeys, those furnished 
by M. de Mazure, including the most liberal estimate of the “ seven 
days hard travelling” which he places between Same and Bonga, 
ends in something like a conviction that his river Kuts-kiang is 
really the eastern branch of the Irawadi, the Shumai Kha of our 
maps. To make room for the Shweli in this position the Loo-kiang 
and its parallel rivers must be moved considerably further to the 
eastward than any maps represent them. But then Bonga will be 
carried very much beyond any possible seven days journey from Same 
in such a region. We do not seem to be in a position to solve the 
difficulty, but could communication with M. de Mazure succeed in 
removing his erroneous views about the Irawadi, then he might sup- 
ply most valuable information. 
The Yicar says, “ The spurs of the 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.” 
We find this mountain under the name of Kama Garbou Gangri in 
Klaproth’s map, but in Lat. 28° 45' and to the north of the position 
which is assigned by the missionary to his establishment. 
East of the country traversed in passing from Bonga to the Ken- 
*■ See “ Official and interesting correspondence &c. regarding the melancholy 
and brutal massacre of the Rev. Messrs. Krick and Boury, Priests of the Society 
of Foreign Missions, Calcutta— B.. C. Orphan Press, 1855.” 
