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                                 TRAVELS
                                    IN
                       TARTARY, THIBET, AND CHINA,


                               ILLUSTRATED.

                            [Picture: Buddha]

                                 LONDON:
               OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY,
                               227 STRAND.

              [Picture: Mausoleum of a Grand Lama of Thibet]

                                 TRAVELS
                                    IN
                       TARTARY, THIBET, AND CHINA,
                        DURING THE YEARS 1844-5-6.

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                                BY M. HUC.

                TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY W. HAZLITT.

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                                 VOL. II.

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                ILLUSTRATED WITH FIFTY ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD.

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                                 LONDON:
                OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY
                               227 STRAND.

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                                 LONDON:
              VIZETELLY AND COMPANY, PRINTERS AND ENGRAVERS,
                    PETERBOROUGH COURT, FLEET STREET.




CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

                                                                  PAGE
CONTENTS.                                                            v
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.                                              ix
                        CHAPTER I.
Caravan of Khalkha Tartars--Son of the King of                      13
Koukou-Noor--Sandara the Bearded--Two thousand Oxen are
stolen from the Houng-Mao-Eul, or Long Hairs--Fearful
Tumult at Tang-Keou-Eul--Description and character of the
Long Hairs--Feasts of the First Day of the Year--Departure
for the Lamasery of Kounboum--Arrival at Night--Old
Akaye--The Kitat-Lama--The Stammerer--Pilgrims at
Kounboum--Description of the Feast of Flowers
                        CHAPTER II.
Marvellous birth of Tsong-Kaba--His preparation for the             46
Apostleship--He departs for the West--His interview with
the Grand Lama of Thibet--He reforms the Lamanesque
worship--Numerous analogies between the Catholic religion
and reformed Buddhism--Origin of these analogies--Tree of
the Ten Thousand Images--Lamanesque Teaching--Faculty of
Prayer--Government of the Lamasery of Kounboum--Offerings
of the Pilgrims--Industry of the Lamas--The Adventures of
Sandara the Bearded--Favourable disposition of the Lamas
towards Christianity--Singular practice for the relief of
Travellers--Nocturnal Prayers--Departure for the Lamasery
of Tchogortan
                       CHAPTER III.
Aspect of the Lamasery of Tchogortan--Contemplative                 72
Lamas--Lama Herdsmen--The "Book of the Forty-two Points of
Instruction, delivered by Buddha"--Extract from the
Chinese Annals, with relation to the preaching of Buddhism
in China--The Black Tents--Manners of the
Si-Fan--Long-haired Oxen--Adventures of a stuffed
Karba--Lamanesque Chronicle of the Origin of
Nations--Alimentary Diet--Valuable discoveries in the
Animal Kingdom--Manufacture of Camel-hair Cord--Frequent
visits to Tchogortan--Classification of Argols--Brigand
Anecdote--Elevation of the Pyramid of Peace--The Faculty
of Medicine at Tchogortan--Thibetian Physicians--Departure
for the Blue Sea
                        CHAPTER IV.
Aspect of the Koukou-Noor--Tribes of Kolos--Chronicle of            98
the Origin of the Blue Sea--Description and March of the
Great Caravan--Passage of the Pouhain-Gol--Adventures of
the Altere-Lama--Character of our pro-cameleer--Mongols of
Tsaidam--Pestilential Vapours of the Bourhan-Bota--Ascent
of the Chuga and Bayen-Kharat Mountains--Wild Cattle--Wild
Mules--Men and Animals Killed with the Cold--Encounter
with Brigands--Plateau of Tant-La--Hot
Springs--Conflagration in the Desert--Village of
Na-Ptchu--Sale of Camels, and Hiring of Long-tailed
Oxen--Young Chaberon of the Kingdom of
Khartchin--Cultivated Plains of Pompou--Mountain of the
Remission of Sins--Arrival at Lha-Ssa
                        CHAPTER V.
Lodgings in a Thibetian House--Appearance of                       137
Lha-Ssa--Palace of the Tale-Lama--Picture of the
Thibetians--Monstrous Toilet of the Women--Industrial and
Agricultural productions of Thibet--Gold and Silver
Mines--Foreigners resident at Lha-Ssa--The Pebouns--The
Katchis--The Chinese--Position of the relations between
China and Thibet--Various speculations of the Public
respecting us--We present ourselves to the
Authorities--Form of the Thibetian Government--Grand Lama
of Djachi-Loumbo--Society of the Kalons--Thibetian
Prophecy--Tragical Death of three Tale-Lamas--Account of
Ki-Chan--Condemnation of the Nomekhan--Revolt of the
Lamasery of Sera
                        CHAPTER VI.
Visit of Five Spies--Appearance before the Regent--Ki-Chan         166
makes us undergo an Examination--Supper at the expense of
the Government--A night of imprisonment with the
Regent--Confidential communications of the Governor of the
Katchi--Domiciliary Visit--Seals affixed to all our
effects--Sinico-Thibetian Tribunal--Inquiry about the
Geographical Maps--Homage paid to Christianity,