Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China during the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1
CHAPTER I.
French Mission of Peking--Glance at the Kingdom of 9 Ouniot--Preparations for Departure--Tartar-Chinese Inn--Change of Costume--Portrait and Character of Samdadchiemba--Sain-Oula (the Good Mountain)--The Frosts on Sain-Oula, and its Robbers--First Encampment in the Desert--Great Imperial Forest--Buddhist Monuments on the summit of the Mountains--Topography of the Kingdom of Gechekten--Character of its Inhabitants--Tragical working of a Mine--Two Mongols desire to have their horoscope taken--Adventure of Samdadchiemba--Environs of the town of Tolon-Noor