Unknown Mongolia : a record of travel and exploration in north-west Mongolia and Dzungaria . ?? ? ;??>•- H^. ??? ??? ? vWafetW. ? THEY HAVE NO HORSES, BUT IN THE STEAD OF THEM THEY TAME CERTAIWILD-BEASTS WHICH THEY CALL THE URIANKHAI AND THEIR REINDEER 205 of the Amban of the Tess,—a well-populated region onthe south of the Tannu-ola, in the Ubsa basin; but, asthis region is not inhabited by Uriankhai, and its Ambandoes not represent Pekin officialdom, it is difficult tounderstand what business the two can have in common,unless it is an instance of one more grasping handthrough whi
Unknown Mongolia : a record of travel and exploration in north-west Mongolia and Dzungaria . ?? ? ;??>•- H^. ??? ??? ? vWafetW. ? THEY HAVE NO HORSES, BUT IN THE STEAD OF THEM THEY TAME CERTAIWILD-BEASTS WHICH THEY CALL THE URIANKHAI AND THEIR REINDEER 205 of the Amban of the Tess,—a well-populated region onthe south of the Tannu-ola, in the Ubsa basin; but, asthis region is not inhabited by Uriankhai, and its Ambandoes not represent Pekin officialdom, it is difficult tounderstand what business the two can have in common,unless it is an instance of one more grasping handthrough which the taxes must pass, and one moregreedy official claiming his share of the spoil. It is noteworthy, however, that in the old days the11 Khan of the Ubsa district was considered to be para-mount chief of these regions, his power extending farinto Siberia, and he held all the Uriankhai in worth mentions that, in the early part of the seventeenthcentury, numerous embassies passed between Russia andthe Altan Khan, who then had his residence beside LakeUbsa. Altan Khan was a t
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