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are exceedingly fond of jewellery, and are loaded with cheap turquoise 

 and coloured bead necklaces. Charm boxes of silver or brass con- 

 taining a small image of some god and a few grains of barley are hung 

 from their necks. They wear numerous bangles of every description, 

 made of silver, lead or anything they can get. The Tibet man as well 

 as his Scottish brother is very fond of a pinch of snuff, which he carries 

 in a leather pouch attached to his waist. 



liuliiatrii'*. In the lower valleys, where the soil is very fertile, 

 agriculture is carried on to a large extent, but in a very primitive 

 manner, the woman going in front sowing the seed and her lord and 

 master following with a plough and yak turning up the soil and 

 covering in the seed all at the one time. Carpet making is one of the 

 chief industries and extensively followed in Gyantse. The carpets are 

 in various designs and colours, and a hearthrug may be purchased 

 for seven rupees. Here also are made the prayer mats, which are 

 about one yard square, heavily fringed and with a sacred device in the 

 centre. A spinning wheel similar to those in this country is prac- 

 tically found in every house, the wool from their ordinary sheep being 

 woven into cloth. After being made the cloth is dyed various colours, 

 the dye being obtained from native plants and flowers growing on the 

 hills. Stone carving of a rough nature is largely practised, the designs 

 usually being of a sacred character. 



Amusements. Tibet is not a country given over to wild enjoy- 

 ment ; the people do not play cricket, football, or any of the games so 

 familiar to us. Trials of strength, such as weight-lifting and wrestling, 

 a 1 1 peal to them principally. Horse riding is much practised, as most 

 of them own some kind of a quadruped, be it good or otherwise, but 

 it is generally otherwise. Tibetans are very fond of music, and the 

 usual instrument is something like a mandoline, and to this the 

 \\omen and children dance. They are very fond of dancing and 

 music, and generally their voices can be heard in song as they pursue 

 their domestic avocations. On specially sacred occasions they dance 

 the devil dance, dressed fantastically with a devil mask, necklace, 

 bracelets, and apron of human bones, and a devil dancing robe and 



