The Tibetan Nomads possess immense herds of yak. The high grass lands and wide plateaux are dotted with nomadic tents; the lower reached of the mountains are covered with huge herds of yak and cattle. You cannot very well dissociate the wealth of the Nomad from that of the Lama. They are so related and 0 mixed up in each other that it is exceedingly difficult to say where one begins and where the other ends. The same may be said of the Tibetan robber: religion and robbery go hand in hand, and seem quite decently related to each other. The Lama, quite aocommodating, prays for the Nomad, and the robber. Robbing the Chinese is comme il faut. Lama, Nomad and robber, in unison, are synonymous for Tibet, None of them are very poor and some of them are very rich, They support each other, feed each other and pray for each other; a relationship close indeed.
Tibetan rule in Tibet is only possible minus the Chinese Amban. fluence removed a new ing his brief ministry as Ambasnador in Lhasa weakened considerably the prestige of that office. Aseociated with him as Amban was Lien U, an exceedingly strong and influential Manchu. Wen Tsung-yao having lived abroad for many years was somewhat mild in his administration. This Lien U objected to very strenuously, with the result that Wen retired from office, During the Chinese Revolution Lien U was Amban in Lhasa. Unkind in many ways, the Tibeans nevertheless saw him safely escorted to the In. dian Border. To the very last he waders Galland stand, but, for lack
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