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CHAPTER X. 
Quit the Monastery of Ter paling, on my Return towards Bengal — 
Annee Goomba — Annees , Nuns—Gy longs, Monks.—Cursory View 
of the interdicted Orders. — Polyandry—Influence on the Manners 
of the People—Tendency to check the too great Increase of Popula¬ 
tion—and prevent the inhuman Practice known to prevail in China . 
— Marriage Ceremonies.—Bleak and dreary Aspect of the Country 
—-Rigour of the Winter—extreme Purity of the Atmosphere. — Pre¬ 
cautions to secure the Surface of the Soil, and at the same Time 
enrich the Lands. — Course of the Seasons. — Dukque. — Lake 
Ramtchieu. — Skating—Solidity of the Ice—intense Severity of the 
Frost.—Shawl Goats.—Soomoonang —Punukka —Buxadewar — - 
Rungpore. 
As soon as the sun had risen, we quitted the gates of the monastery 
of Terpaling, and descended to the valley, crossing a narrow water¬ 
course, that divided the hill which we had left, from another on the 
opposite side: having ascended this, we came down soon after upon 
a wide plain, bounded on all sides by naked eminences ; upon the 
summit of one of which, and on its southern aspect, was a large reli¬ 
gious settlement of female devotees. This kind of edifice is styled 
an Annee Goomba. In this solitary station, like the Gylongs of 
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