Their locality is the south bank of the brahmaputra; opposite to that of- 2. The Miri, on the north.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
Beyond this I had but a hazy notion, which however I was able to verify from a map of Asia in the possession of one of the officers, to the effect that the mountain chains to the west of the sources of the Yangtze separated that river system from the basin of the brahmaputra in Tibet Proper, where I expected to be able to find English assistance.
"Beasts, Men and Gods"
Ferdinand Ossendowski
We must reach the brahmaputra.
"Beasts, Men and Gods"
Ferdinand Ossendowski