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perature will rise, and it will continue 

 high until after the center of the storm 

 has moved, say to C. With the shift of 

 the wind to the northwest the tempera- 

 ture will begin to fall and the downward 

 tendency will continue for twelve to 

 twenty- four hours. The observer at 

 station B will experience cold weather 

 from the start, but the fall in tempera- 

 ture will not be quite so great as at 

 station A. At station A the storm will 

 begin with a warm rain, turning to 

 sleet and snow as the center passes and 

 the wind shifts to a westerly quarter. 

 At B the precipitation will be mostly 

 in the form of snow. 



The foregoing few generalizations 

 apply equally well in all parts of the 

 country east of the Rocky Mountains. 

 They will be found most useful, how- 

 ever, in the middle and upper Missis- 

 sippi and Ohio valleys, the lake region, 

 and the Middle States. As soon as they 

 are thoroughly understood the local ob- 

 server will be able to detect in the at- 

 mospheric changes, apparent to the eye 

 or apprehended by the sense of feeling, 

 the coming of an area of cloud and pre- 

 cipitation with its attendant whirling 

 winds — warm on the front and right- 

 hand side and cold in the rear and on 

 the left-hand side. 



NOTES ON TIBET 



AT a recent meeting of the Asiatic 

 Society of Japan, Rev. Ekai 

 Kawaguchi, who succeeded in 

 living nearly one year in Lhassa, 1901- 

 1902, gave an address on his " Personal 

 Experiences among the Tibetans," of 

 which the following notes are given : 



The architecture of Lhassa is typical 

 of that of all Tibet. The temples are 

 built of stone. Their roofs are flat and 

 covered with a cement-like substance. 

 The general form is castle- like. The 

 houses are mostly constructed of a sort 

 of adobe or sun-dried bricks. They are 

 lighted from above by means of a kind 

 of sky-light without glass. In the 

 better homes the ceiling is covered with 

 a white cloth. They have no floors, 

 natural earth serving instead ; but in 

 the corner of the room there is a carpet, 

 where they sleep, sometimes also sit, 

 and whither they always show guests. 

 In material and finish, the houses are 

 rough. Timbers and boards are not 

 planed or polished. 



The name of Lhassa signifies ' ' Coun- 

 try of God. ' ' Looked at from a distance, 

 it also may give that impression ; but 

 a single close view shows that it is a 

 misnomer. It is, in fact, a very dirty 



place. The streets are narrow and filthy. 

 The shops of the city are of two sorts. 

 One kind is similar to those of Japan — 

 a room with the side open and the wares 

 exposed to view from the outside. The 

 other variety is simply stands or places 

 in the street where the goods are spread 

 out to view. The usual size of a shop 

 is about twelve feet ; twenty or twenty- 

 five feet would be very large. In them 

 are sold cloth, butter, tea, flour, Chinese 

 breads, and native products generally ; 

 also some foreign things (not specified). 

 Some foreign foodstuffs are imported 

 from India, but they are very dear and 

 only the rich can afford to buy them. 

 Restaurants exist, and in them noodles 

 chiefly are sold. Noodles, with a little 

 meat added, would be a Tibetan feast. 

 Most of the people in Lhassa are, of 

 course, Tibetans ; but there are also 

 Nepaulese to the number of four or five 

 hundred, about two hundred Cashme- 

 rians, and many Chinese. Tibetans in 

 many respects resemble Japanese, but in 

 some respects they differ from Japanese. 

 In strong contrast with Japanese are 

 their great stature and their filthy 

 habits. Their indifference to dirt may 

 be indicated by saying that a Tibetan's 



