At Samye there is a famous Idol which on occasions is taken. possession: of by some well known. spirit and utters statements regarding fulure events. The great Nujin was appealed to, said nothing, but threw Tibetan scarf towards the east.
Points gathered from the former evidence "are:—(a) The visions Muluding Lake. (b), the Dalai Lama himself, (e) the Balden Lhamo, (a) the Nujin scarf, thatthe: coming Dalai would be found in the east or northeast, There was still a utile doubt s0' the Regent and his party proceed to the Lamtso or Lam Lake te see if any vision could be seen there. Confusion confounded " their visit to the waters of this.lake, A house was seen with the. likeness of a horse or tiger's head and stone-men appeared in every direc:
Those men appeared to be very busy and carried in their hands two fags of victory. A dark man (pro-ably indication India or the Indian border) put his head out of a window, repeating this movements time and again. At the big door of the house numerous black men could be seen and when the door curtain was drawn aside more black. men could be seen inside.
A further inspection of the waters the Jake showed an army on the march—probably to ro-instate the new Dalai with military power, as opp tion may be feared, The inference was now made thatthe Dalai Lama would be found in the vicinity of the Lam Lake (the editor)
Tarchin Baboo, draws his conclude sions and there is not -much differ-fence between them and the visions Ju the Jakes. Lama, drabs, nomad, merchant, priest and layman, are all anxious that the new Dalai should be found quickly. Should the present December pass into January (1937) an unprecedented situation may arise in the Land of the Lamas wherein the Young Parly may seek more and more to assert its power and influence, Or the new Dalai may be found in some unexpected part of the Forbidden Land.
Piaws are being made by Bristol University to send out an expedition to Chinese Turkestan to search for buried cities. An expedition of six or seven members will be headed by Mr. Evert Barger, Lecturer in Medie~ val History at Bristol. "Mr, Miles-Burkitt, of 'Trinity College, Cambridge,' will be the chief archmolosist, The expedition will be away for four months only, but in that time there is, litle prospect of valuable discoveries being made, Wit the approval of the Central Government, the Shantung Provincial Government' has organized a comrulssion for the control of the gold ines in southern and eastern Shantung, says the "Min Pao." It is re-Ported that gold deposits have been found at Ishul, Chuchow, and Meng-yin, in southern Shantung, and Jhchao and Chaoyuan, in eastern Shantung. Besides exercising control over these gold mines, the commission will undertake to exploit other gold deposits in the province. insisting upon entering first himself, He is an outstanding example of a well-trained and well-disciplined ranker who believes in courage, loyalty and obedience in the faithful performance of his duties,
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