An Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet - Prajna Quest

TIBET. 347CHAPTER X.Quii the Monastery of Terpaling, on mij Return towards Bengal—Annee Goomba— Annees, JVuns — Gylongs, Monks. — Cursory Vienvof the interdicted Orders.— Polyandry — Influence on the .Mannersof the People— Tendency to check the loo great Increase of Population—and prevent the inhuman Practice known to prevail in China.— Marriage Ceremonies. — Bleak and dreary Aspect of the Country— Rigour of the Winter— extreme Purity of the Atmosphere.— Precautionsto secure the Surface of the Soil, and at the same Timeenrich the Lands. — Course of the Seasons. — Dukque. — LakeRamtchieu.— Skating — Solidity of the Ice— intense Severity of theFrost.— Shawl Goats. — Soomoonang — Punukka — Bu.xadewar —Jiungpore.As soon as the sun had risen, we quitted the gates of the monasteryof Terpaling, and descended to the valley, crossing a narrow watercourse,that divided the hill which we had left, from another on theopposite side : having ascended this, wc came down soon after upona wide plain, bounded on all sides by naked eminences ; upon thesummit of one of which, and on its southern aspect, was a large religioussettlement of female devotees. This kind of edifice is styledan Annee Goomba. In this solitary station, like the Gylongs ofYy