its supreme Buddha, 89; forbid use of wine, 90.
Gen-gang, boundary of Sikkim, 245.
Geru, village of, 244.
Gingu la, 75.
Glak-los, wild people, 258.
Goat, wild, in Sikkim, 2; at Karma, 42; stuffed at Gyantse, 91; wild, near Yamdo tso, 140; near the tsomo Tel-tung, 244.
Gods, of land and mountains, 32.
Goitse, at Kangpa-chan, 23; in other parts of Tibet, 258; treatment of, 258.
Gojogs, a mendong at Gyantse, 87.
Gok, village of, 1.
Golab Sing, his war with Lhasa, 53.
Golden jar, used for selecting Dalai lama, 160.
Golog, their country, 196; their customs and religion, 197; kissing among them, 197.
Gondang-tangme, valley of, 231. See also Yarlung.
Gongkhar, djong, 218, 235; mountains, 235.
Gon-po, the god, 169.
Gonpoi ri, 229.
Good luck, sign of, 166; how insured for the year, 264; dance, 264; signs watched for on New Year’s day, 265.
Greyhound, 99.
Guilt offering ceremony, 263, 264.
Guma shara, village of, 37, 38.
Gumo tang, 16.
Gungri gung-btsan, Prince, 168.
Gure, village of, 243.
Guring tribe of Limbus, 20.
Gushi Khan, the conqueror of Tibet, 79.
Gya, or Chinese, 52.
Gya-bum gang, square of, 155. See also Tomse-gang.
Gyade country, 205.
Gyal-tsab, or regent, 172. See also Desi.
Gyampo, or elder, 176.
Gyantse djong, 63; general at, 80; town of, 80; author wishes to visit it, 81; description of, 84; market at, 85; ancient province of, 87; climate of, 88.
Gyapon, or captain, 86.
Gyarong, the district of, 76; lamas from, 205.
Gyatso-shar, village of, 70, 196, 200; beauty of, 201.
Gyatu-ling, village of, 235.
Gyerpal, village of, 234.
Gyunsar, village of, 23, 27.
Haboi ri of Samye, 221, 224.
Hailo, village of, 140.
Hall, of worship, 57; of departed saints, 214.
Hamdang Kham-tsan, 73.
Hares, 20, 39, 83, 144.
Harman, Captain, 26, 41.
Harvest, lucky day to begin it, 213.
Hat, 30, 40; of lamas, 69; worn in lama dances, 114; taking off, 31, 95, 107; felt, 203.
Hayagriva, 22, 137.
Headdresses, of Tibetan women, 38, 55, 67, 85, 221; origin of, 157; peculiar of the Dungkhor, 176; value of, 200.
Hermits, 228, 232.
Hi, range, vegetation on, 4; village of, 5, 7; view from pass (Hi la), 5.
Hooker, Dr., meets Phurchung, 22; attempt to enter Tibet, 192, 193.
Horba, met at Tos nam-gyaling, 218; bring salt to Samye, 226.
Horn, 57.
Horses, richly ornamented, 52; hoof revered, 114, 116.
Hoshang Dharma-tala, the, 115.
House, in Tashilhunpo, 45, 46; no chimney, 60; outside decoration, 69, 72; interior of, at Tashigang, 74; at Kye-pa Khangsar, 96; of lama at Samding, 132, 135; of noble at Lhasa, 150, 162; ceremonies for consecrating new home, 202, 203.
Hydrophobia, treatment of, 257.
Iago, village of, 43, 75.
Illumination, of Tashilhunpo, 56.
Images, holy, at Dongtse, 78; at Gyantse, 89, 90; metal out of which made, 100; painted on rocks, 142, 145; in Jo khang at Lhasa, 151, 152, 153, 157; in Potala, 168; at Ombu lha-khang, 230.
Impostor, claims discovery of sacred volumes, 94.
Incarnate lama, 56; college of, 57; received as novice, 57; female one, 131; (see Dorje phagmo), degraded for
