239-264

CHAPTER XIV

THE CITY AND ITS TEMPLES

Sullen monks--A Lama runs amok--The environs of Lhasa--The
Lingkhor--The Ragyabas--The cathedral--Service before
the Great Buddhas--The Lamas' chant--Vessels of
gold--'Hell'--White mice--The many-handed
Buddha--Silence and abstraction--The bazaar--Hats--The
Mongolians--Curio-hunting--The Ramo-che--Sorcery--The
adventures of a soul--Lamaism and Roman
Catholicism--The decay of Buddhism--The three great
monasteries--Their political influence--Depung--An
ecclesiastical University--The 'impossible' Tibetan--An
ultimatum--Consternation at Depung--Temporizing and
evasion--An ugly mob--A political deadlock 265-285

CHAPTER XV

THE SETTLEMENT

An irresponsible administration--An insolent reply--Tibetan
haggling--Release of the Lachung men--Social relations
with the Tibetans--A guarded ultimatum--A diplomatic
triumph--The signing of the treaty--Colonel
Younghusband's speech--The terms--Political prisoners
liberated--Deposition of the Dalai Lama--The Tashe
Lama--Prospect of an Anglophile Pope--The practical
results of the expedition--Russia discredited--Why a
Resident should be left at Lhasa--China hesitates to
sign the Treaty--The 'vicious circle' again--Her
acquiescence not of vital importance--The attitude of
Tibet to Great Britain--Fear and respect the only
guarantee of future good conduct 286-304

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

A COLD DAY IN TIBET _frontispiece_

HEADQUARTERS OF THE MISSION AT LHASA _to face p._ 6

CHORTEN " 12

PANORAMA OF A CONVENT " 12

TUNA VILLAGE " 20

CHINESE GENERAL MA " 30

ON THE ROAD TO GAUTSA " 30

ROCK SCULPTURES 41

PRAYING-FLAGS AND MANI WALL _to face p._ 54

OFFICERS' TENTS, MOUNTED INFANTRY CAMP, LINGMATHANG " 54

SUBADAR SANGAT SINGH, 1ST MOUNTED INFANTRY " 60

WOUNDED KYANG