State on the morning of the 18th:—Rather. high anticyclone over the Far East. Variable bb" in ws north, northerly to easterly winds elsewhere. Fine w i oather, cloudy at places in The Chinese scientists in their study of lama and nomadic life, found conditions existing throughout Sikang without parallel in any other part of the world. What they discovered in Kanne was something like this 1,000 able-bodied men living day by day under practically the same conditions, eating almost exactly the same food, drinking practically the same tea, and all quite content to use one common kitchen. This large body of men met three times every day in a central building and read in unison exactly the same books, and prayed exactly the same prayers, and apparently were possessed by exactly the same ambitions. And this was their normal daily life; not something that happened once a week, or twice a month, or three times a year. Dr. Ko wanted to find out if Lamaism, purely and simply, was the cause which brought these strong able bodied men into this large community.
Was it merely a herd instinct or an economic question? From the sociologist's standpoint this is the first time that Lamaism has come over the Far Bast. MERE State on the morning of the 19th:—
Probabilities, 4.30 p.m. yesterday:—Fine to cloudy, overcast at times, with variable breezes over Northern China: northerly to easterly over Central China and our regions. Moderate north-westerly to north-easterly monsoon and overcast to cloudy weather over the Yellow Sea, the Eastern Sea and Formosa.—Siccawei Observatory.
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