544 



THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photographs by Adam Warwick 

 A TYPICAL MONGOLIAN MONASTERY 



These establishments are not merely the centers of religion, but of amusement. The religion 

 of the Mongols is one of terror — a revival of the morbid Indian cult of Siva. 



• V ■ m 



V^t 



<■ • . -_ 



Photograph by Eugene Lee Stewart 

 A CHIEF LAMA, IN YELLOW SILK ROBES AND BRASS HAT, AND A HIGH MONGOLIAN 

 OFFICIAL RETURNING FROM RELIGIOUS SERVICES 



