deal with him. and in 

 this case, as it was 

 the god himself that 

 we had business with, 

 it would take a long 

 time. Needless to say, 

 the car was a seven 

 days' wonder to the 

 natives of Urga. 



While awaiting the 

 pleasure of the god, 

 we wired the car so 

 that we could drop a 

 small chain on the 

 ground, and when the 

 motor was running no 

 one could touch the 

 car without getting a 

 slight shock from the 

 magneto. This af- 

 forded us quite a little 

 fun at the expense of 

 the natives, who could 

 not understand what 

 had "bit them," as 

 they expressed it, and 

 did not leave a mark. 



As we were to see 

 the Buddha and had 

 brought the car all the 

 way from China for 

 him, we were shown 

 great respect by the 

 natives. 



The population of 

 Urga is hard to esti- 

 mate. During the au- 

 tumn and winter 

 months there are 

 from 20.000 to 30,000 

 lamas here. 



There are countless 

 temples and long lines 

 of prayer-wheels be- 

 side the road. One 

 temple contains the 

 shrine of "Maidari," 

 the future ruler of the 

 world, an image of 

 metal about 30 feet 

 high, which is esti- 

 mated to weigh 125 

 tons. It was cast in 

 sections and brought 

 to Urga from Dolo- 

 nor, a city 600 miles 

 east of Urga, where 



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