Massacres of Christians by heathen Chinese, and horrors of the Boxers; containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs and peculiarities of the Chinese .. . lakes or marshes. There are many intervening rivervalleys. On the eastern frontier travelers are held back by therugged gorges, the ex-tensive forests, the ab-sence of population andsupplies and finally bythe ill-will of theChinese the presentcentury the Tibetanfrontier has succeededbetter than any otherAsiatic state in pre-serving the politi
Massacres of Christians by heathen Chinese, and horrors of the Boxers; containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs and peculiarities of the Chinese .. . lakes or marshes. There are many intervening rivervalleys. On the eastern frontier travelers are held back by therugged gorges, the ex-tensive forests, the ab-sence of population andsupplies and finally bythe ill-will of theChinese the presentcentury the Tibetanfrontier has succeededbetter than any otherAsiatic state in pre-serving the politicalisolation of the people,thanks chiefly to therelief and physical con-dition of the rises like a cita-del in the heart of Asia. The greater partof Tibet remains stillunexplored. In the image of buddha. fourteenth century a Fruili monk made his way from China toTibet and remained there for a short time. Jesuit priests werecordially received there in 1625, l626 anc^ l66i. ^ne Dutchtraveler, Vande Putte, lived there several years, and his manuscriptmap is carefully preserved in a museum in Zealand. The Tibetan region is a holy land both for Brahmins and Budd-hists. The mountain ridge which connects the Himalayas with12. 178 ENORMOUS GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS. the Gang-Dis-Ri, and through it with the whole Tibetan plateau,is the connecting link between the plateau and the Himalayas. Tothe northwest of it rises the Mount Kailas of the Hindus. Whenthe Hindus first saw this lofty crest looking like the shape of aruined pagoda, they fell prostrate, seven times raising their handstowards the heavens. They believe that in this peak is the home of Ma-ha-deo, orthe Great God. It is the Mount Meru of the ancient Tibetan people have as great a veneration for this sacredmountain as the Hindus. They undertake pilgrimages to hundred years after Christ the first Buddhist monastery wasbuilt at the foot of this mountain with its four faces, one of Gold,the second of Sil
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