MONGOL PRINCESS. 



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the Emperor of China to report everything we saw 

 to him. She then bade them give us guides, and 

 we separated, after an interview which did not last 

 more than half-an-hour. 



Mongol Princess. 



Back View of Mongol Princess. 



(From a Photograph lent by Baron Osten Sacken.) 



But we received a hearty welcome, at the head- 

 quarters of Tsing-hai-wang, from the uncle of the 

 prince Avho assists his nephew in the affairs of 

 government. This uncle, a Gigen by profession, 

 once owned a temple, but the Dungans destroyed it. 

 He had been several times to Pekinsf and Urgfa, 



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