Photo by lithan C. L,e Munyon 



A MONGoiviAN praye;r-whe;e;iv in the: stre;e;ts oS" urga 



This is only one of about lOO that line the main road or street. It is an octagon wheel 

 on a vertical shaft. The pilgrim or worshiper walks around it, revolving the wheel at the 

 same time (see page 662). 



land by conveyances other than the rail- 

 way. The total distance covered was 

 3,300 miles in 32 days, during which 

 time for eight days no traveling was 

 done — one day at Tob Ol and seven days 

 in Urga ; also a day and a night between 

 Urga and the railway. 



This was the first time that a closed 

 car had ever been driven across any 

 desert country. This was also the first 



car to cross the Gobi Desert, other than 

 a racer, two racers having crossed it in 

 the Peking to Paris race. No tire changes 

 were made in the entire distance ; leather 

 treads protected the back tires ; the front 

 ones ran bare ; there was not even a 

 puncture. Four months after our return 

 from Urga (February, 19 13) we heard 

 directly that the car was running and 

 giving good satisfaction. 



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