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0085	Southern Tibet : vol.3
南チベット : vol.3

rivières qui sortent des montagnes et se réunissent en une seule. La horde des Djeba
est à 420 li (92 milles) dans l'ouest de Chigatzé, près du Amtchok mtso situé à
180 li (40 milles) au nord-ouest de Djang abring.³

The latitude of Tarok-tso is fairly correct on the Chinese map, but it is placed
more than one degree too far east. The river Tarogh of which de Rhins speaks
is obviously the same which, on the map, is called Rong pou, and as I found it,
Buptsang-tsangpo. On the Chinese map it flows from south to north, in reality from
S.E. to N.W. There is a Mt. Samoïe on the map, which may be identical with
the Samye-la, although it is not at all within the drainage area of the Buptsang-
tsangpo as represented on the Chinese map.¹ The principal thing is, however, that
a river entered the lake from the south and de Rhins is right in supposing that it
has been roughly surveyed. Under such circumstances the existence of the river
Naghii choung tchou coming in from the west must also be regarded as beyond doubt,
even if its length is greatly exaggerated in the Chinese text. But this river flows
through a part of Tibet where no European and no Pundit has ever been. When
the text says that Tarok-tso is N.E. of Amchok-tso, this must be a misprint, for on
the map the direction is N.W. as it ought to be.

Another proof that this region has really been visited and surveyed may be
found in the following passage: »A 20 li (4 milles 5), au nord du Tarogh, se trouve
le Djabjaya tchagan dabsoun nor ou Tchapia tsaka, qui a 150 li (33 milles) de
circuit, et sur les bords duquel les indigènes receuillent du sel blanc.»² For such a
salt basin, the insignificant rest of a former lake, really exists and is called Tabie-
tsaka. It is still the place from which the Tibetans get their best salt. It is in-
teresting to observe that just the Tarok-tso and its southern river, and the Tabie-
tsaka should be mentioned in the Chinese text and much more correctly entered
on the map than any other part of the country north of the Tsangpo. This must
depend on the fact that Tabie-tsaka is such an important centre for the salt trade.
Many roads meet here from all corners of the compass, and on account of its
importance the Chinese surveyors may have paid greater attention to the place.

D'Anville has Tarouc-yomdsou. The southern river, which is nameless on his
map, flows N.N.E. In this respect his map is, as usual, not as good as the Ta-
ch'ing map. He has, however, given Samia M. a better situation. The western
river he calls Nacoi R. and has it exactly like the one on the Ta-ch'ing map.
Tabie-tsaka he calls Tchapie dsake ton psou. North of Tabie-tsaka he has a lake

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