CHAPTER VIII.
Chinese account of Thibet--Mountain of Loumma-Ri--Arrival 232
at Ghiamda--Visit of two Military Mandarins--Accident on a
wooden bridge--The Unicorn--Passage of a
Glacier--Appearance of Lha-Ri--Ascent of
Chor-Kon-La--Frightful Road to Alan-To--Village of Lang
Ki-Tsoung--Famous Mountain of Tanda--Catastrophe of
Kia-Yu-Kiao--Passage of the celebrated Plateau of
Wa-Ho--Arrival at Tsiamdo
CHAPTER IX.
Glance at Tsiamdo--War between two Living Buddhas--We meet 268
a small Caravan--Calcareous Mountains--Death of the
Mandarin Pey--The great chief Proul-Tamba--Visit to the
Castle of Proul-Tamba--Buddhist Hermit--War among the
tribes--Halt at Angti--Thibetian Museum--Passage of the
Mountain Angti--Town of Djaya--Death of the son of the
Mandarin Pey--Musk Deer--River with Gold Sands--Plain and
Town of Bathang--Great Forest of Ta-So--Death of
Ly-Kouo-Ngan--Interview with the Mandarins of
Lithang--Various bridges of Thibet--Arrival on the
frontiers of China--Residence at Ta-Tsien-Lou--Departure
for the capital of the Province of Sse-Tchouen

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Frontispiece, Mausoleum of a Grand Lama of Thibet
Title-page, Buddha
Khalkha Tartars 13
Tartars 13
Ceremony of Reception 17
Pawnbroker's Shop 29
Accident on the Ice 33
The Grand Lama of Kounboum 43
The Great Wall of China 46
The Tree of Ten Thousand Images 53
Buddhic Prayer 59
Sending Horses to Travellers 67
Lamasery of Tchogortan 72
The Long-haired Ox 80
The Pyramid of Peace 92
The Leaf of the Tree of Ten Thousand Images 97
The Blue Sea 98
The Tchanak-Kampo, and the Caravan 106
Wild Mules of Tartary 121
Fire in the Camp 130
View of Na-Ptchu