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No. I. — A native of Amdo, aged 35 years, a finely formed and very 

 strong man, capable of carrying three maunds or 250 pounds over 

 these mountains, which he has done several times in order to turn a 

 penny during his sojourn here, though the lax state of his muscles 

 shows that he is usually an idler, and not now in training for such 

 work, nor much used to it. 



A Gelung or monk of the mendicant class, and of course a shave- 

 ling, so that his head has been examined with unusual advantage. Five 

 feet eight and a half inches tall, and more than proportionably broad 

 or bulky, with large bones and ample muscle, not however showing 

 any bold development, the surface on the contrary being smooth and 

 even, like the body of an idler. Not fat at all, but well fleshed. Colour 

 of the skin, a very pale clear brown, or isabelline hue, like dry earth, 

 or dirty linen, or unbleached paper ; not yellow nor ruddy at all. No 

 trace of red on the cheeks which are moderately full. Colour of 

 eyes, dark brown ; of hair, generally, black, but that of moustache, 

 auburn. No hair on chest, nor on legs or arms. Moustache spare. 

 No beard nor whisker. Hair of head, so far as traceable, abundant, 

 strong and straight. Cranium not compressed nor depressed. Not 

 raised pyramidally, yet brachycephalic rather than dolichocephalic, 

 and the occiput truncated or flush with the thick neck, but not flat- 

 tened. Vertical view of the head, ovoid not oval, widest between 

 the ears, and thence narrowing equally to the forehead and to the 

 occiput. Facial angle good. Profile inconspicuous. Contour of the 

 face (front view) rather ovoid than angular or lozenge-shaped, the 

 cheek-bones having no conspicuous lateral saliency, nor the forehead 

 and chin any noticeable attenuation. Forehead sufficiently high and 

 broad, and not appearing otherwise from any unusual projection of 

 the orbitar periphery or of the zygomse. Eyes sufficiently large and 

 not noticeably oblique, but remote from each other, and flush with 

 the cheek and the upper lid, drooping and constricted to the inner 

 canthus which is large and tumid. Nose, good, straight ; the bridge 

 well raised between the eyes and the terminal part nor spread nor 

 thickened, though the nostrils be shorter and rounder than in Euro- 

 peans, and the saliency of the whole organ less than in them. Ears 

 large and standing out from the head, but occupying the usual rela- 

 tive position. Mouth good but large, with fine vertical teeth, not 



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