Unknown Mongolia : a record of travel and exploration in north-west Mongolia and Dzungaria . roduce, and the friendshipof traders and farmers who understand them andare far more in sympathy with them than are theChinese. The Russian influence has obviously an advantageover that of the Chinese. The Russians fraternize withthe Mongol races, the race-barrier between them beingmuch less marked than that between the Chinese andthe Mongols. It is reasonable to hope that the Mongolsmay in time to come fall under this same influence, andby these means we may anticipate the lessening of theprincipal bu
Unknown Mongolia : a record of travel and exploration in north-west Mongolia and Dzungaria . roduce, and the friendshipof traders and farmers who understand them andare far more in sympathy with them than are theChinese. The Russian influence has obviously an advantageover that of the Chinese. The Russians fraternize withthe Mongol races, the race-barrier between them beingmuch less marked than that between the Chinese andthe Mongols. It is reasonable to hope that the Mongolsmay in time to come fall under this same influence, andby these means we may anticipate the lessening of theprincipal burden of Mongolia—the tyranny of the lama-series,—which tyranny we have already proved to bethe primary cause of the decadence of the Mongol race. 318 MONGOLIA, PAST AND PRESENT We can well imagine these people living under new con-ditions, coming back to new life, born again, as it were, asa respectable and well-to-do nomad people, and playingthe part of a buffer-state between the two great Empiresof Russia and China. Printed by Ha fell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and THE UPPER YENISEI
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