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Through Unknown Tibet

APPENDIX IV.

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EXPLANATION OF SOME UNFAMILIAR WORDS.

Auberge A medicine for colds.

Bhoussa Chopped straw.

Boortsa A kind of heather.

Bully beef Tinned beef.

Choudrie Official in a bazaar.

Chuppaties Unleavened bread.

Degchies Cooking-pots.

Ecka A two-wheeled native cart.

Ghi Clarified butter.

Hallal To kill according to Mohammedan form.

Hann A variety of Tibetan vegetable.

K'ang A raised platform used as a bed. There is a fire underneath it.

Kumbuk A variety of Tibetan vegetable.

Numnah Felt saddle-cloth.

Palan A kind of saddle.

Poshteen A fur coat.

Suleetah Saddlebag.

Yakdan Mule trunk.

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