imi; 12,000 fu-ct above the sea, and with surrounding mountains rising 4,000 to 6,000 feet still higher. Lha 

 world. On the Potnla Hill is the gill-rooted palace of the Dalai Uma, the Supreme Head of Buddhism, 



in the center of which btands the one- 



=a is to its people "The Ideal Cily o 



containing 490 rooms. Within the walled enclosure ot the palace 



storied Great Temple of Lhasa, where, during the annual confcrc 



left of the picture may be seen the tents of the British Punitive Expedition, commanded by Younghusband, which first opened "The Korliidi 

 re the homes of some fifteen thousand prcsts and attendants. At the right, behind the trees, are the low-roofed buildings of the city, 

 e lasting three weeks 80,000 lamas, or prbsts, come daily to pray. 



