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Mongolia, the Tangut Country, and the Solitudes of Northern Tibet; Being a Narrative of Three Years' Travel in Eastern High Asia Volume 2

Nikolai Mikhailovich Prejevalsky

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ...of extending our travels to the capital of Tibet, we determined nevertheless to advance as far as possible, well aware how important to science is every additional footstep in these unknown regions of Asia. We obtained two guides as before from the Mongol and Tangutan military officials, partly in return for presents, and partly in consequence of the letter of the treasurer of Chobsen to Mur-zasak and of our Peking passport, which specified that two subjects of the Celestial Empire were constantly to be in our service. This paragragh indeed was inserted to provide for the event of our hiring Mongols or Chinese servants, but we were advised to take advantage of it to obtain guides, as we succeeded in doing, to Koko-nor and Tsaidam. One of the guides whom we hired at Koko-nor had formerly been an officiating lama at the temple of Kumbum.twentymilessouth of Si-ning, famed throughout Lamadom as the birthplace of the Buddhist reformer Tsong-kaba, whose sanctity, the Buddhists say, was proved by different miracles. Thus a tree grew up from the place where his swaddling clothes were buried,1 bearing leaves marked with the Tibetan alphabet; this may still be seen at Kumbum, where it stands in a separate court, the most sacred I56 SACRED TREE. MEDICINE. 1 His hair according to Hue (II. 113).--Y. object in the place. In the Mongolian language it is called Zandamoto,1 but the same word applies to the arborescent juniper and to other useful trees; for instance, the walnut-wood stocks of guns are ' zanda-moto;' the leaves of the sacred tree are said to be about the size of those of the common lime. The Tibetan letters are of course inscribed by the lamas, or perhaps exist only in the imagination of devout believers. And the tree itself is most probably a..We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mongolia, the Tangut Country, and the Solitudes of Northern Tibet; Being a Narrative of Three Years' Travel in Eastern High Asia Volume 2. To get started finding Mongolia, the Tangut Country, and the Solitudes of Northern Tibet; Being a Narrative of Three Years' Travel in Eastern High Asia Volume 2, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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ISBN: 1150275189

Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ...of extending our travels to the capital of Tibet, we determined nevertheless to advance as far as possible, well aware how important to science is every additional footstep in these unknown regions of Asia. We obtained two guides as before from the Mongol and Tangutan military officials, partly in return for presents, and partly in consequence of the letter of the treasurer of Chobsen to Mur-zasak and of our Peking passport, which specified that two subjects of the Celestial Empire were constantly to be in our service. This paragragh indeed was inserted to provide for the event of our hiring Mongols or Chinese servants, but we were advised to take advantage of it to obtain guides, as we succeeded in doing, to Koko-nor and Tsaidam. One of the guides whom we hired at Koko-nor had formerly been an officiating lama at the temple of Kumbum.twentymilessouth of Si-ning, famed throughout Lamadom as the birthplace of the Buddhist reformer Tsong-kaba, whose sanctity, the Buddhists say, was proved by different miracles. Thus a tree grew up from the place where his swaddling clothes were buried,1 bearing leaves marked with the Tibetan alphabet; this may still be seen at Kumbum, where it stands in a separate court, the most sacred I56 SACRED TREE. MEDICINE. 1 His hair according to Hue (II. 113).--Y. object in the place. In the Mongolian language it is called Zandamoto,1 but the same word applies to the arborescent juniper and to other useful trees; for instance, the walnut-wood stocks of guns are ' zanda-moto;' the leaves of the sacred tree are said to be about the size of those of the common lime. The Tibetan letters are of course inscribed by the lamas, or perhaps exist only in the imagination of devout believers. And the tree itself is most probably a..We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mongolia, the Tangut Country, and the Solitudes of Northern Tibet; Being a Narrative of Three Years' Travel in Eastern High Asia Volume 2. To get started finding Mongolia, the Tangut Country, and the Solitudes of Northern Tibet; Being a Narrative of Three Years' Travel in Eastern High Asia Volume 2, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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