ith reference to the
Lamaseries--Interview with a Thibetian Lama--Departure
from the Blue Town
CHAPTER VI.
A Tartar-eater--Loss of Arsalan--Great Caravan of 128
Camels--Night Arrival at Tchagan-Kouren--We are refused
Admission into the Inns--We take up our abode with a
Shepherd--Overflow of the Yellow River-Aspect of
Tchagan-Kouren--Departure across the Marshes--Hiring a
Bark--Arrival on the Banks of the Yellow River--Encampment
under the Portico of a Pagoda--Embarkation of the
Camels--Passage of the Yellow River--Laborious Journey
across the Inundated Country--Encampment on the Banks of
the River
CHAPTER VII.
Mercurial Preparation for the Destruction of 147
Lice--Dirtiness of the Mongols--Lama Notions about the
Metempsychosis--Washing--Regulations of Nomadic
Life--Aquatic and Passage Birds--The Yuen-Yang--The
Dragon's Foot--Fishermen of the Paga-Gol--Fishing
Party--Fisherman Bit by a Dog--Kou-Kouo, or St. Ignatius's
Bean--Preparations for Departure--Passage of the
Paga-Gol--Dangers of the Voyage--Devotion of
Samdadchiemba--The Prime Minister of the King of the
Ortous--Encampment
CHAPTER VIII.
Glance at the Country of the Ortous--Cultivated 165
Lands--Sterile, sandy steppes of the Ortous--Form of the
Tartar-Mongol Government--Nobility--Slavery--A small
Lamasery--Election and Enthronization of a Living
Buddha--Discipline of the Lamaseries--Lama
Studies--Violent Storm--Shelter in some Artificial
Grottoes--Tartar concealed in a Cavern--Tartaro-Chinese
Anecdote--Ceremonies of Tartar
Marriages--Polygamy--Divorce--Character and Costume of the
Mongol Women
CHAPTER IX.
Departure of the Caravan--Encampment in a fertile 188
Valley--Intensity of the Cold--Meeting with numerous
Pilgrims--Barbarous and Diabolical Ceremonies of
Lamanism--Project for the Lamasery of
Rache-Tchurin--Dispersion and rallying of the little
Caravan--Anger of Samdadchiemba--Aspect of the Lamasery of
Rache-Tchurin--Different Kinds of Pilgrimages around the
Lamaseries--Turning Prayers--Quarrel between two
Lamas--Similarity of the Soil--Description of the
Tabsoun-Noor or Salt Sea--Remarks on the Camels of Tartary
CHAPTER X.
Purchase of a Sheep--A Mongol Butcher--Great Feast _a la 210
Tartare_--Tartar Veterinary Surgeons--St