'There are great religious institute tions, however, outside Lhasa, which take 'a keen interest in the' Dalai's re-birth—Kumbum, in Amdo, has a Jama roll of 10,000 monks; Labrang, fon the southwest Kansu border, 6.000 priests; Dawe, Dranggu, Kanze, Derge, Litang, Batang, Chamdo and hundreds of other." lamaseries all over Kham have thousands on their roll. To them the question has only re-Ugious significance; west of Chamdo and in the Tibetan province of Wu, central of the three provinces which make up Tibet, the issue is one which may split and'wreck a Kingdom that has had some renown since the day's of her most accomplished monarch, Only on one occasion has there been 4 lapse of three years between the death of Dalai Lama and hi re-discovery ina child, by some known oracle, The Dalai, system of communications within the city must be one of the cheapest the world. And the fish, squabbles, and exchange wrangles are thrown in free of charge. Surely there can be few better money's-yerths in the world! What a cross-section of humanity can be seen in the buses, There is the Chinese baby, who can remain tirely impassive through the most terrible struggles along Peking. Road where his foreign counterpart would be screaming his head off. Phere is the Chinese parent who can take everything that is coming fo him from his child batting an eye-lid, in the indignant remonstrances from the bus conductor. There is the peasant who looks at you so steadfastly that. you feel you would be within your Tights fo make a nominal charge for admission; and there is his more educated compatriot who studiously ignores you except when he stamps on your fect or digs his elbows into your back—all in the course of the Gay's travel. One day a writer with the pen of a master is going to find himself marooned on a popular omnibus and thes viding always that he servi a tale will the world be treated 1
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