Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China during the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1
CHAPTER IX.
Departure of the Caravan--Encampment in a fertile 188 Valley--Intensity of the Cold--Meeting with numerous Pilgrims--Barbarous and Diabolical Ceremonies of Lamanism--Project for the Lamasery of Rache-Tchurin--Dispersion and rallying of the little Caravan--Anger of Samdadchiemba--Aspect of the Lamasery of Rache-Tchurin--Different Kinds of Pilgrimages around the Lamaseries--Turning Prayers--Quarrel between two Lamas--Similarity of the Soil--Description of the Tabsoun-Noor or Salt Sea--Remarks on the Camels of Tartary