The Archive · 1938

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Aw American officer who visited New Zealand Jduring the War left a £10 note with the hotel fear man while he went to the races. It's a good idea to have a cash reserve to come back to after the races. The barman put the note in the cash register and went off duty. The proprietor saw the "tenner" and borrowed it to pay the brewer. The brewer paid his tailor, the tailor paid his grocer, the grocer paid the Jdoctor, the doctor—who was staying at the Jsame hotel—was so pleased to get paid that he went down and paid £10 on account of his bil at the hotel, and so the note went back into the till. When the officer came back from the races he received his "tenner" from the fear man and tore it in, pieces. "Hey there," Jeried the barman, "don't do that." "It's all Fight," said the American, "Its coupterfelt."

Impossible Achieved quite evident that the young wife was as fond of one husband as the other. It could not be discovered where a young woman was married to three or four brothers if Seasons Sena ace uni the, Bakimo's distance melted? ar, the question of jealously, domination or possession entered in and if these things had Jany influence on the society of the home. Polyandry seemed to work and the sociolagists discovered it was merely an economic question. ing, with the simplicity of the savage, that it is The party was surprised to discover that} there was practically no buying or selling of land in Sikang and they had great difficulty in finding out just who owned the land. The land seemed to be.pro bone publica but who was pro bone publica? No tone sold land and no one bought land, consequently possession or ownership was in no way a public question. Tibet is a nomadic country and the nomad lives in a tent and if anyone objects to him living here, well, he eschews all controversy and solves the dim culty by simply moving there. Why, worry about the ownership of a wide, open plateau? The yak eats grass and produces milk, butter and cheese without in any way distressing itself about the source of the po reaeeie ences aloe Tenet crosas ens Advertising Pays 2 ut opt grass.

The plateau has been there for a thousand Years, so argues the nomad, and will probably be there for another thousand years. And who would worry about buying land! for a yak? So under economic sociology the tenure of land or the ownership thereof still remains an undisturbing question. To erect 100 square yard fence in the middle of a 1,000 square mile plateau and call it "Home Sweet Home" is not making the world safe for democracy or any other thing. Moreover the last thing the nomad desires is to tied down to anything: even the, gift of piece of land.

But the big question and problem for any: sociologist in the Land of the Lamas is undoubtedly Lamaism: The Society of Lamas has yet to be explained; its history Agrees gue 1 CE ates By his insistent bray.

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