CHAPTER II.

Inn at Tolon-Noor--Aspect of the City--Great Foundries of 33 Bells and Idols--Conversation with the Lamas of Tolon-Noor--Encampment--Tea Bricks--Meeting with Queen Mourguevan--Taste of the Mongols for Pilgrimages--Violent Storm--Account from a Mongol Chief of the War of the English against China--Topography of the Eight Banners of the Tchakar--The Imperial Herds--Form and Interior of the Tents--Tartar Manners and Customs--Encampment at the Three Lakes--Nocturnal Apparitions--Samdadchiemba relates the Adventures of his Youth--Grey Squirrels of Tartary--Arrival at Chaborte