The New York herald., 1922-12-24
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hours of hard work we still appeared
to be hopelessly mired However, after
time we got the car out. only to get
as badly stuck after having gone less
than one hundred yards. 1t looked as
II we were in for real hardships. for
black clouds We're rolling up from the
northwest and there was every ndca-
ton OF another blizzard 1t was only
after hard work and careful prospecting
of the road ahead OH foot that we were
able 10 run out of the snow belt a few
hours after.
study Real MonGoI.
1--WE spent over two weeks in Urga.
where we made several thousand feet
OF motion pictures and still photographs
Of the picturesque natives and of their
primitive ways of living. 1t was here
that we got our first glimpse of the
real Mongol. burdened only by fanati-
cal religious belief. He Is otherwise q
careless and carefree type.
"Urga could we'll be called the city OF
a million dogs. as 1t is infested with
thousands of bands of semi-wild dogs
that subsist on the refuse and human
dead The Mongols never bury their
dead. No one Is safe walking about the
city without club or gun, and at times
even these weapons iail to prove a pro-
lection against the savage beasts. For
one to venture out alone at night would
undoubtedly mean that one would never
be seen again. Even at this. the dogs
are harbored and protected by the ma
tives, for If it were not for these crea-
lures living would be unbearable, as they
prove highly efficient scayengers.
to. laI Ga
The fact that 1t is the home Of Bogda.
or 'Hutuktu.' the living Buddha. head
of the Lama religion in Mongolia. and is
noted for lis temples and shrines of bar
barrie splendor. 1t Is here that the big
festival Of 'Mitr is held every spring in
honor of the standing god. AItr. An
enormous procession is formed of carts
and wagons decorated In the brightest
of colors with streamers and banners
and each drawn by Lamas or Monks
Dressed in brilliant array. they marcl,
very slowly, as it. lasts for hours and
they cover only distance Of about one
mile. stopping at intervals 20 eat and
pray.
Priests Bless With sticks.
Two priests on the car bearing the
golden image OF Mir bless the people
the head with padded sticks. AT times
there is veritable riot as the thousands
fight to reach the holy ear. This car Is
a profusely decorated. four wheeled ar
fair, Hike an enormous altar, and drawn
by several Numbered Lamas. All the
Lamas. head Lamas. kings and consorts
from the four provinces of Mongolia
were present at this festival. dressed In
cleaning gold and silver robes. with
sab BILE head dress.
"All the ladies of royal blood were also
there. arrayed in gowns OF cloth OF gold
anG loaded with gold and silver orna-
ments. They were very conspicuous
with their hair dressed in enormous
curves out on each side OF their heads,
resembling somewhat the horns Of "A big
| mountain sheep. All i'm all II was better
than the best edition of the Hippodrome
and Ringing Brothers Circus combined.
The whole affair began with ceremonies
at dawn that lasted until dark. Need
less 70 say we filmed this wonderful
pageant in all its details.
''It was while in Urga that | nearly
started a riot BY filming the Mongol
army of recruits at drill. 1t took some
real diplomacy on the part OF Andrews
! and myself TO save the situation. but In
the end everybody was happy and quite
/ satisfied We finally got away from
J'rga and joined the expedition about
/ twenty miles to the west on May is.
Before US la. the Great Unknown.
/ To the west and the north were the
! khalkha and tie khanga mountains. in
! whose midst We're the ruins % Kara
/ korum where once the mighty Ghengis
! Khan and his clan held sway after hav-
| ing conquered all the nations OF Asia
/ and Europe. To the south and ives. Of
I tatx l,a
somber desert OF Cobb. or roads there
was none. Trails were few and fairtly
marked, and how could maps be relied
| upon when uher' were so nlany thou
sands and thousands of square miles
/ of this vast country that had never been
/ seen by a white man? We lost no time
/ however. but set forth TO tho westward
I on the 18th OF May with every one in
/ high spirits and anxious to get at the
task before us. There were many times
when the trails ran out entirely and II
required keen eyes and careful driving
! to keep our course.
! Fossil Beds UnearthcJ.
| "The geologists. Berkey and Morris.
! did wonderful work in mapping the
4 route as we Travelled. studying the geo.
logical structure and gathering samples
I OF rock. taking a barometric reading
every mile To determine the altitude, and
at strategical points. mapping large
areas. at one locality an area OF over
1 200 square miles. They also discovered
s(ossil beds OF vast extent that yielded
richly many new and unknown species.
"It was at point just before we
turned southwark that we came upon
tho Lama City OF sine Noin Khan the
largest IN Mongolia. A more beautiful
/ sight has never greeted our eyes than
! on one crystal clear morning In June as
we gained the summit OF hill. There
on the slopes below us lay the glfttering
shrines and tiled temple roofs or sine
Noin Khan. Stretching away to tho
east and the west was tho Ongin River
whose turbulent waters come from the
snowy slopes OF the khanga Range.
There mountains begin at the rivers
! edge and reach back 10 the north In ever
Increasing heights to the snow capped
Z ...t,a,.. Gaming nfruttpc QfyC forth