Index:Across Thibet Vol. 2.djvu
| CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
CHAPTER IX. AMONG THE THIBETANS. PAGE " A Man is CJoming" — Description of the First Thibetan Encountered — Thibetan Horse- men — Driving a Bargain — A Savage's First Sight of a "Watch — Uncomplimentary Comments — On the High Road to Lhassa — Getting Information under Difficulties — English and Russians in Bad Odour — Lake Burben-cho — The Dungan shows his Seals — Silos — A Thibetan Interior — A Native Woman — Imatch Done up — Prayers Engraved on Stones — Taking a Prisoner — Death of Imatch — In Sight of the Ningling Tangla and the Namtso 1 — 33 CHAPTER X. AWAITING ORDEKS FROM LHASSA. At Namtso — Encamping near Ningling Tangla Pass — An Embassage — ^The Thibetans Undecided — The Caravan in Battle Array — A Mandarin — A Mongolian Interpreter — Arrival of the Amban from Lhassa —Giving him Audience — His Suite and their Costumes— A Long Interview— The Thibetans' New Year's Day— In the Amban's Tent — Gibeonites — Another Mongolian Interpreter — The Apathy of Thibetans — A Storm — Arrival of the Ta-Lama and the Ta-Amban — Plain Speaking — Refusal to Return— The Ta-Lama and the Ta-Amban described — Abdullah and the Dungan at their Devotions— CoUoqny between Rachmed and Timour — Thibetans at Work— Their General Characteristics— Carnivorous Horses— The Samda Eansain Mountains— The Samda Tchou River— A Blade of Grass— How they do Business at Lhassa 34—70 CHAPTER XI. PRESENTS FROM LHASSA. Breakfasting with the Ta-Amban and Ta-Lama— Diplomatic Indignation — Two Barbarian Petty Chiefs — An Effectual Call to Order — A Sunset Scene — Feasting on a Sheep's Head — A ** Dainty Dish " — At Soubrou — Resting at Di-Ti — ^Water-Carriers — An Entente Cordiale — Characteristics and Habits of the Natives of the Di-Ti Country' — A Specimen of Primeval Man — Nigan: Another Stoppage — The Talai- Lama's Presents : Sacred Objects — Return Presents — A Lama Guide — The Ta- Amban's Advice — A Pet Ram — Timour, Parpa, and 19a Go Back 71 — 91 CHAPTER XIL so AND ITS LAMA-HOUSE. At Gatine — The River Ourtchou — A Hermit Lama — " Steeped in Luxury " — At Djaucounnene — Meeting a Caravan — Resemblance between Thibetans and other Peoples— Thumb Language — A Droll Native — The Thibetans not Fanatics — On the Banks of the Omtchou — At Tandi— The Thibetan Sling— A Superb Mountain Scene — A Sight of Ploughed Land — First View of the Lama-house of So — The
of 150 per Cent. — Ploughing at So — Crossing the Sotchou — A Bearded Thibetan — Why Dishonest Chiefs are Popular 92—1 19 218G57 ^ , Digitized by VjOOQICi ACROSS THIBET. CHAPTER XIII. NATIVE CUSTOMS AXD CHARACTERS. PACK A Thibetan Vitellius — Chang — Commercial Chinamen — Native Women — Polyandry and Polygamy — Beggars — Contentment — ^The Chief of the District at Home — A Theo- logical Question — Departure from Scrcsumdo— Mendicant Lamas and their Music — News from Lhassa — The Hone>Tnoon in Thibet — Novel Method of Crossing a Stream — Tumblers — A Chief in his Cups — A Scene of Home Life— Fores Majeure — Fickle- ness of the Natives : the Probable Cause — At Karimeta — Primitive Husbandry — A lamaess— Praying Windmills— Tchoungo — The Dala and Djala Passes — A Splendid Prospect — A Pagoda — Houmda—Lagoun : a Manufacturing Town 120—151 CHAPTER XIV. FROM LAOOUN TO CUANGKA. Lam6 — Lamda — Bad Food— Religious Malthusianism — Crossing the Satchou— Capture of a New-bom Monkey — Koushoune — Ouoshishouno — A Fat Lama — Dz^rine— Hassar — Thibetans and Chinese : a Contrast— Indefinite Dates — Rough and Ready Justice — Dotou — A Dignified Chinese OflScial— A Series of Prayer Mills— Rachmed in Action — The Chinese Army — Parting with the Lama Guide — Tsonk6 — A Secret Christian — The Destruction of the Batang Mission — Burial-place of a French Mis- sionary — Reception by the Mandarin of Changka — Four Swords for 160 Men... 152 — 181 CHAPTER XV. BATAXO, TAT8IEN-LOU, AXD TOXQUIN. Religious Prophylactics — " Red " and " Yellow " Lamaism — The Lamas as Capitalists — From Changka to Koushou — The Tea Trade between China and Thibet— Leindiinne — Anarchy — Chinese Inns — The Blue River (Kin-sha-Kiang) — Frenchmen in Thibet — Chinese Justice — An Orgie — Chinese Soldiers : the Courage of Numbers — At Batang^-A Series of Questions— Tatsien-Lou — The French Missionaries There— A Difficulty with the Mandarin — Apology — Chinese Administration — Sending Home the Photographs— The Red River— On French Soil— Hanoi— The Future of Tonquin —Conclusion 182—221 Digitized by GoogleLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOL. II. PAGE Talking Over the First Thibetans 9 Tent at Burben-cho 16 Thibetans at Burben-cho 17 Thibetan Homsbmen 21 A Petty Chief 25 The Namtso 29 Pack-Horses 33 Religious Insignia 34 The Petty Amban 41 Tent op the Envoys from Lhassa 48 Thibetans Loading a Yak 56 The Caravan in Motion 65 The Cooking Tent 70 Chief of the Djashas 71 Thibetan Savages round a Fire 76 The Ta-Lama, the Ta-Amban, and other Chiefs from Lhassa 81 A Thibetan Saluting 85 The Lama Guide 88 An Attendant of the Amban 89 Thibetan Horsemen 91 Monument near the Lama-house of So 92 Thibetan of the Redskin Type 97 Yak Driver with Prayer-mill 100 A Loaded Yak 104 The Lama-house at So 109 A House at So 113 Women at Bata-Soumdo 119 Woman and Child of Sérésumdo 120 House at Sérésumdo 121 Types of Natives at Sérésumdo 125 Mendicant Lamas 129 Scene near Sérésumdo I37 The "Obo" at Tchounoo 145 Prayers Carved on a Stone 151Thibetan of Tiéchoung 152 A Thibetan Village 153 Bridge at Sougomba 157 Crossing the Satchou 161 Group of Natives 168 Scene in Inhabited Thibet 169 Ruins in the Maktchou Valley 176 Lama-house at Dotou 177 Prayer-mill at Dotou 181 A Dancer 182 Dancers at Changka 185 A Buddhist Chapel 187 The Kin-sha-Kiang (Great Blue River) 189 Women at Batang 192 Lamas at Batang 193 General View of Litang 197 Litang: View from the Roofs 200 Chinese Fort at Litang 201 Entrance to the Tatsien-Lou Valley 204 French Missionaries 208 Fishing with Cormorants 212 Lolos 216 The Red River 217 Lao-kai 220 Rachmed and a Thibetan Innkeeper 221 |
