After 18 months residence in the great Kumbun Lamasery, Madame Noel, who professes to be a Bud-"diiist, has taken her departure for Lanchow and probably will go on to the New Dominion and then to Urga. She has been translating several Tibetan books into the French language. The—general opinion is that she is a Buddhist to enable her to get hold of Tibetan literature which otherwise would be unget-at-able. As a helper she has a young Tibetan scholar who also can speak English. The Tibetans come to her to have her hand laid on their heads and secure her blessing as she is called by some "the foreign lady Buddha."
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