Unknown Mongolia : a record of travel and exploration in north-west Mongolia and Dzungaria . ad they not other demands forced upon them, moreinexorable and continuous than these taxes due to theirmasters. It is, moreover, some cause deeper than thatof mere poverty that we hope to discern, such as thecause for the decline of the birth-rate, or the mysteriousinfluence which has been at work amongst the Mongolsand changed them from proud, overbearing warriorsto peace-loving, unambitious shepherds. If a Mongol contemporary of Jenghis Khan cameback to life he would find himself at home amongst thep
Unknown Mongolia : a record of travel and exploration in north-west Mongolia and Dzungaria . ad they not other demands forced upon them, moreinexorable and continuous than these taxes due to theirmasters. It is, moreover, some cause deeper than thatof mere poverty that we hope to discern, such as thecause for the decline of the birth-rate, or the mysteriousinfluence which has been at work amongst the Mongolsand changed them from proud, overbearing warriorsto peace-loving, unambitious shepherds. If a Mongol contemporary of Jenghis Khan cameback to life he would find himself at home amongst thepresent-day Mongols. His clothes would be in fashion,the tent-life would appear the same, as also the herdingof the beasts and the routine of everyday life. But, onthe other hand, he would note one great change, whichhe would, at first, be altogether at a loss to would be surprised at the lack of young men workinground the encampments, a lack of herdsmen tending theflocks ; and in place of the noisy groups of hard-workingmen to whom he was accustomed, he would find a strange. YOUNG LAMAS. *L 4j%
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