In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . tself, and the doctor, see-ing how absorbed I was in theperformance, asked me to sit byhis side. First of all the mancalled for fire, and a womanhanded him a blazing brandfrom a fire near by. He swungit to and fro in the air, andpronounced certain the patient was subjectedto a thorough examination, giv-ing vent to a piercing yell eachtime that the long, bony fingersof the physician touched hissides, whereupon the man ofscience, pointing to the spot, in-formed his open - mouthed au-dience that the pain was
In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . tself, and the doctor, see-ing how absorbed I was in theperformance, asked me to sit byhis side. First of all the mancalled for fire, and a womanhanded him a blazing brandfrom a fire near by. He swungit to and fro in the air, andpronounced certain the patient was subjectedto a thorough examination, giv-ing vent to a piercing yell eachtime that the long, bony fingersof the physician touched hissides, whereupon the man ofscience, pointing to the spot, in-formed his open - mouthed au-dience that the pain was on a huge pair of spec-tacles, he rubbed with the palmof his hand the umbilical regionof the sufferer and then meas-ured with folded thumb twoinches on each side of andslightly under the mark these distances heused the burning-brand, apply-ing it to the flesh at these points. Murr, murrP (Butter, butter!) he next called for,3,nd butter was produced. Having rubbed a little on theburns, he placed upon each of them a separate cone, andI.—X 301. A MEDICINE-MAN IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND pressed until it remained a fixture, the point the beads of a rosary, revolving the praying-v^heel, and muttering prayers, the medicine-man nowworked himself into a perfect frenzy. He stared at thesun, raising his voice from a faint whisper to a thunder-ing barytone at its loudest, and his whole audienceseemed so affected by the performance that they allshook and trembled and prayed in their terror. Henow again nervously clutched the burning wood in onehand, and, blowing upon it with the full strength of hislungs, produced a flame. The excitement in the crowdbecame intense. Every one, head down to the ground,prayed fervently. The doctor waved the ignited woodthree or four times in the air and then applied the flamesto the paper tips of the combustible cones. Apparentlysaltpetre and sulphur had been mixed in the preparationof these. They burned fast, making a noise like the
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