His younger sister, Marguerite, has quite an exceptional knowledge of the written and spoken Tibetan and hag always been a great favourite with the women round the compound. 'A Tibetan compound on the frontier has an interest all its own. A large door leads from an outer courtyard under one of the houses into the main courtyard vound. which are built the main buildings, 'The court yard has thus houses on the four Sides, "And Into this courtyard wander 'Tibetans of every description Tamas, nomads, beggars, travellers, soldiers, sick,' men, women and children, and "many tome simply to watch the foreign children at their Work' and at their play, Such a courtyard is never without some lit-fe excitement: sometimes it isa singing-begging-mendicant dressed up in all the colours of the rainbow and covered with all the parapher-alia of Lamaism. "A tympanum in tone hand and a bell in the other, he accompanies himself as he sings some the songs of the famous Mila Rehba, A yak gets loose and everyone runs for safety.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.