he. Here are some of
the strange prophecies that are current on this subject.

When the saint of Djachi-Loumbo, when the Bandchan-Remboutchi dies, he
will not transmigrate as heretofore, in Further Thibet. His new
incarnation will take place to the north of Lha-Ssa, in the steppes
inhabited by the Ourianghai, in the country called Thien-Chan-Pe-Lou,
between the Celestial Mountains and the chains of the Altai. While he
remains there, a few years incognito, preparing himself by retirement,
prayer, and good works, for the great events of the future, the religion
of Buddha will continue to grow weaker and weaker in all men's hearts; it
will only exist in the bosoms of the brotherhood of the Kalons. At this
disastrous epoch the Chinese will gain influence in Thibet; they will
spread themselves over the mountains and through the valleys, and will
seek to possess themselves of the empire of the Tale-Lama. But this
state of things will soon pass away; there will he a general rise of the
people; the Thibetians will take up arms, and will massacre in one day
all the Chinese, young and old, and not one of them shall repass the
frontiers.

A year after this sanguinary day, the Chinese Emperor will raise
innumerable battalions, and will lead them against the Thibetians. There
will be a terrible reaction; blood will flow in torrents, the streams
will be red with gore, and the Chinese will gain possession of Thibet.
But this triumph will not be of long duration. Then it will be that the
Bandchan-Remboutchi will manifest his power. He will summon all the
Kalons of the holy society. Those who shall have already died will
return to life, and they will all assemble in a vast plain of
Thien-Chan-Pe-Lou. There the Bandchan will distribute arrows and fusils
to all of them, and will form of this multitude a formidable army of
which he himself will take the command. The society of Kalons will march
with the Saint of Saints, and will throw themselves on the Chinese, who
will be cut to pieces. Thibet will be conquered, then China, then
Tartary, and finally, the vast empire of the Oros. The Bandchan will be
proclaimed universal sovereign, and under his holy influence Lamanism
will be soon restored to its pristine vigour, superb Lamaseries will rise
everywhere, and the whole world will recognise the infinite power of
Buddhic prayers.

These predictions, of which we content ourselves with giving a mere
summary, are related by every