198 Mifceila^ea Curio/a. Vol. Ill, 



the open Fields. They are for the moft part 

 Grafiers, and tranfport their Tents from one 

 Vally to another, according as the Paftures 

 are better. There they Pafture their Beefs, 

 their Horfes-> and their Camels, they breed 

 no Hogs, nor any of thofe other Animals, 

 which elfewhere are fed in the Villages, as 

 Poultry and Geefe. But only of fuch as the 

 Herbs, which an uncultivated Land doth Nar 

 turally produce, will ferve to fuftain. They 

 pafs their Life either in Hunting, or doing 

 nothing- And as they neither fow nor cul- 

 tivate the Earth, fo they make no Harveft, 

 They Live upon Milk, Cheefe, and Flefh, 

 and have a fort of Wine, not much unlike 

 our Aqua-vit3e with which they make their 

 Feafts, and are often Drunk. In fliort they 

 care for nought from Morning to Niglit, 

 but to Drink and Eat ; like the Bcalls, and 

 Droves which they Feed, 



They are not without their Priefts, which 

 they call Lamas^ for whom they have a lin- 

 gular Veneration, in which they differ from 

 the Oriental Tartars y the moft part of whom 

 ]iave no Religion, nor do they believe any 

 God. For the reft both of the one and the 

 other are Slaves, and wholy depend upon 

 the will of their Mafters, whofe Religion 

 and Manners they blindly follow : Like in 

 this to their Droves, who go vA^txt they are 

 lead, and not where they ought to go. 



This part of Tart dry ^ lies without the 

 prodigious W^ll of 0H?ia about 1000 Chine fe 

 Stadia^ that is to fay more than 300 European 

 Miles, and extends from the North-eaft to^ 

 wards the ISJortli^ 



