Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-05-01


they wear impregnated with grease insomuch that
they have from the Chinese themselves by
scrupulous the point Of cleanliness, perfectly fra
grant TO approach the universal appelaton Of sinking
Tartars" The greatest delcacy known in Tartar gas
onomy is the tail of sheep These tails of immense
size weighing from six to eight pounds, and fat do
they sometimes become that is found necessary to place
them wheeled hurdles attached the body of the
sheep.
The standard of education is not very high in Mongolia
The young Tartar taught from infancy the of the
bow and arrow, the gun, and especially the horse,
which he placed after being weaned through all
his life he and his horse inseparable When the Mon
gol sets his foot the ground says NJ Hue he seems
of his element his step is heavy; the bowed shape
of his egshs bust STOPPING forward, his eyes moving
necessarily abostall the who passes the
greater part Of his life horse camel epriest-
y caste of the Lamas the slearned men, Of the
ton The Lama says NJ Hue, not only the priest but
the physician architect sculptor, and painter in fne
the head the heart and the oracle of the lay Accord
ing the given of their curative process,
should judge that quackery almost much in vogue
among the Tarars it is among their pharmacopeia
is exclusively vegetable like Wghts Brandreths Uni
versa Pills. advertised in all the newspapers America
we mean not Mongolia If the vegetable medicine is ex-
hausted the Lama doctor fault Hewrites the name
of the remedies morsels of paper and, having pre-
viousy moistened them with saliva rolls them between
his fingers into pular pellets which when administered
are found equally efcacous with the genuine article an
swering to the magical virtue Of bread pills among u.s.
According to the theory Of the Lama doctors, it is
always TehuWoa, devil, whose presence torments
sick person; if the patient be poor, 1t is evidently
only small deyilkin who has possession, and he may
be dsodged by simple exorcism but if the sufferer is
rich then it is equally evident that the evil spirit is
devil of condition, 7chmgo Of quality and requires
Of course for his expulsion much costly exhibition
of medical skill In these cases the bin Of Lama doc
tor may amount to several horses the number exaced
being indeed quite unlimited, and always depending
the obstnacy and magnity Of the malady in other
words on the greater less wealth of the patient
At Chortchi our travellers met with the first
terry Of the Lamas These buildings constructed of
bricks or stone; what order of architecture they
belong it is difficult say It is strange system Of mon
strous canopes peristyles twisted columns and inter-
minable flights Of steps The idols, erected affairs Of
wood or stone are of colossal stature with fine and regu
lar features the Unreasonable length of the ex
cepted They belong to the Caucasian type Of humanity
and have nothing of the monstrous and daboca phys
ognomy of the Chinese PouSsa The Grand Lama OF the
convent, the Giving Fo," as he is called at Chortch
during the celebration of their religious services receives
the protratons of his worshppers while tied In gd
ed chair on the altar.
In Kou-hoK hoton 1.-THE Blue TOWN. there Ave great
converts besides fifteen smaller Ones containing an az
gregate of at least 10000 Lamas The convent OF the
Five Towers is the handsomest and celebrated
the residence of Ho5agdn, that is to say, of Grand
Lama who after being identified with the substance of
Buddha God has passed through several transmgra
TONS The Lamas who, after their education and
tua discipline prefer the and the Of hocks and
herds to monastc rules and the daily recitation of pray
ers, are called Home Lamas. The "Vagabond Lamas"
the pilgrims of the order There is not river within
the domain of Lamaism which they do not cross
tain which they do not ascend; Grand Lama before
whom they do not bow The Lamas living in community
compose the third class or cenobitical Lamas La
maserai, Lama convent is collection Of small houses
built around Buddhist temples. The Lamas
Of Tartary according TO NJ Hue compose one-hird of
the population.
|" One day" says NJ. Hue, "wben had occasion to
speak with Thibetan Lama Tartary the subject of
religion, were greatly surprised to find that brief
summary of Christian doctrine which gave him APP
peared by unfamiliar him. and he main
tanned that it did not differ much from the faith of the
Grand Lamas Of Thbet I'VE must not he said con-
found religious truth with the supersttons
which the creduy of the ignorant The Tartars
smpe they PROSTATE themselves before all that they
meet-al is Borhan (God) in their eyes, The Lamas
the books of prayer the temples the convenual build
ings the bones that they pile up upon the mountains all
placed by them the rank at every step they
PROSTATE themselves and cry Borhan Borhanr But
do not the Lamas admit nnumerable Borhans? THAT
requires explanation, he replied smiling There is but
one sole sovereign being whs has created all things he
is without beginning and without end In India he bears
the name Of Buddha in Thbet that Of Samtche Mlche
ba eternal alpowerful; the Chinese cali him Fo, and
the Tartars, Borhan All are equally Buddha.' Is
Buddha visible? mo, he is without body; he is sp
ritual substance Thus Buddha is only, and yet
there exist nnumerable Buddhas such the Caaberons
and others 'Buddha is incorporeal; cannot see
him but the Tale Lama the Guison- Tamba and all the
other CKabons visible and have received body like
ours How do you explain thatf That doctrine, ne
replied stretching his arms and assuming remarka-
bic tone of authority is 1t is the doctrine of the
west but it is Of unfathomabe proundty; cannot
reach it, These words Of the Thbetan Lama asonish-
ed us not little the unity of God the mystery of the
dogma of the real
to us developed in his belief Yet with IDEAS SO sound in
appearance he admitted the meempsychoss and species
OF Pantheism of which he could render account The
new light thus thrown the religion Of Buddha induced
us really to believe that should find among the Lamas
of Thibet more purified symbolism and we persisted
in the resolution had already adopted to push
wards the west"
Accordingly our travellers continued to prosecute their
Quincy through almost nsurmountabe difficulties they
encountered vast solitudes stifened with cold,
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