New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-18

West emerged from the chaos of Asiatic custom.
Enfore he reached Srinagur Mr.. Knight fell
in with Captain Bower, OF the 18th Bengal In
fantrv who was then lust starting on his journey
across Tibet 10 Shanghai, which he successfully
completed. The blank space on the map repre-
senting country as yet uneXplored ny "ii'c
men was an irritation to the captain, ana ne en-
pressed the horc now realized Of doing away WIZ"
much Of il before he returned u civilization
AZ his invitation Mr.. Knight accompanied hlih
10 the boundary between the Bnddhiste OF the
Kashmir State and those OF Tibet proper. Ill
Lodak he found himself among the gompas, as
tho Lama mouasterics are called, in the region
Of wayslde idols Of praying machines, stationary
and portabc run by hand or by water power
where the strange formula ON, mani padml, on
WAS forever sounding in his ears: where TWO
vouncer brothers were obliged to become the as
,ociate husbands of their elder brother "ilc'
and the woman of wealth might select ana us
| charge a husband at her pleasure at the expense
of a sheep or a few rupees. Each days Journey
| he remarked now brought us into more IT,
| Eoious region. until in the vicinity Of LamiSuru
and Leh. praying flags. affairs, mani ana chor'c'i'
were 10 De seen scattered over the whole lace VI
| the country. every prominent pinnacle OF rock
Icing fashioned into a prayer or an IDOL ~
should he added that mani is wall, each S'onc
Of which is decorated with sculptuIed PRAYER,
while "A clorten is a shrine in which are d''l"so"
the ashes Of departed saints, not in uiilS as 'S"o
bc the case in the West but mixed with clay and
moulded into the form OF an image dcNou'
Ladaki always passes TO the left OF n prayer vail
as he thus secures the elhcacy OF every pray 40
scrbed Oh the stones.
| While the travellers were at Leh. the capltai
| Of tho nrovincc the time came for the lalr a'
tLc Comma of IIilis, the centre OF r'IIS'o" III
| I ,dal,istan While there was little business uohc
AZ the fair the dramatic entertainment lur'iS"''
| bv the Iamas which Mr. Knight calls by 'hc NAME
| of a mystery play, was OF unique interest 1t was
perhaps the first time that these strange cer''o,'s
had come under the eye OF a photographers a"' VI
| Knight was freely permitted 70 us, HIS o''n''"
whenever and wherever he liked III" Pri"ol''i
theme of the drama, which was pS ho "'''
ended in one day, seemed to be one not "lN'o"',
! 70 medieval Europe. The helpless human Ho"'
was surrounded on earth, IN the ar III ''e "''
| and even in the vacancy of space" win cro".H VI
MALIGNANT demons. and only occasionally could 1t
lie rescued by the eAorcisms OF som" oeNou' "''"7
Tho sacrcdrdances were often characterized by the
most intricate movements. and the music wa" iii'
with "ehawrs and other huge wind instruments
With s,trnais cymhals, qongs, tambourlnes ana rat
,,os ,oode Of numan bones All the performers were
m.sl,ed ,Thcrn was first a process N OF rh'rcl
urioets syncjny smoking ccn$ers then crowd oil
irnrcs in yellow robes and peaked hoods WIN
masks like satvrs then a hrwidcring variety OF
demoniac forms \ croup eff holy masks Discerning
| tbo stems from the temple scattered the demons pN
| tboir nrceoncp These to the number oil S'F'h
ranged themselves on ono side OF III" GNaiT'''-"
| which was the stage Of the play. linen tN' ara
was filled with a multitude OF creatures ann ~
naked, who groped about as II III darkir~'' rP,''
scnting disenlhodicd souls unable 10 ma III"
apherc to which they belonged. Among 'n'S"
| miserable yrc;C hes RACED demons with III" h"' -
Of oxen or scrpe i. or gers an othc tha looN''
like skeletons small black lmag" placed III
the middle Of a triangle inscribed on IN" DOR OF u"
court became tie centre Of tie whole movement
Mr. Kni.ht secured most graphic picture 81 ~"
skeleton forms dancing around TINS mac ih'H
ooro o, last dispersed by a holy mask, but on the
| following day similar ceremony enhcd WIN 'h'
tearing Of the image TO pieces. The two days mum
merry ended with fantastic bnr'sque OF all that
had preccdcd, just as q Greh tragedy was followed
by sayr play
| MEANWHILE CAPTAIN Cover ard his comran-
| ion DIR ThoTold made their way unobscrvc-i
| over the boundary into Tibet. Mr hnish' re-
| turned after many adventures t. Srinagar' wh'Tc
| he found preparations making for an eArfduoA
| to pat down the resistance OF the Hunza ana
Nagari mountaincors. who inhabt the narrow
valleys leading up 10 the Taedamhash Il'hir.
| between the lIindoo koosh and the MnstaRh' or
Karakoram Mountains. These people. who cI1im"i
deacon, from the soldiers OF A'eXandcrs army. sab
sisted mainly uron the booty secured by TalHS
| on caravans between Irh and larkand' ana
| upon forays among nI0rc industrious h"iShpor'
| Their rulers were called 1hums. ard the TWO
monarcls when 70: engaged in external war; were
| usually at war with each other. lhclr fal'Hr'
| TO nut an end to caravan r0DpFTi"s l'h '"'
English Agent at Gileit. post III Noith"'S''rh
| Kosbmir. convenienily turned over to the Eng
lieh 10 insist upon building military ROAD s'raish
| through their territories hom IL" notorious
| Gflct road. They resisted, Of course. and Colo
| mel Dnrand the Agent, at once led lorcc oi
| al ont 600 men, all told, against them. lie
| camnaqn lasted less than Month. but thtt
| month was December and the character OF the
| war in narrow mountain passes and on the peaks
| where il was perpetual rifle practice can pe I'M
| aeincd Mr. Knight volunteered. and he seems
| 70 have enjoyed the adventure a. well a. thc
more pcaceabe life at Srinasur or Len. llerc
| were only two important actions, ana both
| consisted in the capture Of native fortlhcitiohs
on the mountain sides. In one case the az
| lacking party had 10 Chamber up pi'cilh''
| nearly 200 feet above the valley. III was ho'
much Of var. but it was far more dangerous
| 70 those cnpa rcd in il than a greater might
have been. Mr.. knight gives high praise to
the native troops, and, according to his de-
scription. they are certainly as brave and re-
sourcefu in an cnemy's country a. troops could De.
The value Of the hook is greatly increased oy
the numerous copies OF photographs, presenting
the most characteristic features OF lahd az
vet little visited by the people Of the West
| SWEEPER THEOLOGY.
From The Times OF India.
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