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0362 Southern Tibet : vol.2
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sources of Indus and Brahmaputra» as »mystic», although I had described both
in 1909.
In 1907 the last word had not been said in this question. Lord CURZON has
expressed the situation thus: »When a traveller pursues earlier investigations a few
stages further, on lines already followed and accepted but not carried to their logical
or geographical conclusion, he determines.»³ This view is correct — if Chinese
sources are considered. All other material was insufficient. Both Nain Sing and
Ryder confounded the Chema-yundung and the Kubi-tsangpo. Kawaguchi is the only
modern traveller who mentions both rivers, even by their correct names, although
his results were not yet published or known when I published mine. But even
Kawaguchi says: »the sources of the Tamchok Khanbab have hitherto defied in-
vestigations.