Khalkha Tartars--Son of the King of 13
Koukou-Noor--Sandara the Bearded--Two thousand Oxen are
stolen from the Houng-Mao-Eul, or Long Hairs--Fearful
Tumult at Tang-Keou-Eul--Description and character of the
Long Hairs--Feasts of the First Day of the Year--Departure
for the Lamasery of Kounboum--Arrival at Night--Old
Akaye--The Kitat-Lama--The Stammerer--Pilgrims at
Kounboum--Description of the Feast of Flowers
CHAPTER II.
Marvellous birth of Tsong-Kaba--His preparation for the 46
Apostleship--He departs for the West--His interview with
the Grand Lama of Thibet--He reforms the Lamanesque
worship--Numerous analogies between the Catholic religion
and reformed Buddhism--Origin of these analogies--Tree of
the Ten Thousand Images--Lamanesque Teaching--Faculty of
Prayer--Government of the Lamasery of Kounboum--Offerings
of the Pilgrims--Industry of the Lamas--The Adventures of
Sandara the Bearded--Favourable disposition of the Lamas
towards Christianity--Singular practice for the relief of
Travellers--Nocturnal Prayers--Departure for the Lamasery
of Tchogortan
CHAPTER III.
Aspect of the Lamasery of Tchogortan--Contemplative 72
Lamas--Lama Herdsmen--The "Book of the Forty-two Points of
Instruction, delivered by Buddha"--Extract from the
Chinese Annals, with relation to the preaching of Buddhism
in China--The Black Tents--Manners of the
Si-Fan--Long-haired Oxen--Adventures of a stuffed
Karba--Lamanesque Chronicle of the Origin of
Nations--Alimentary Diet--Valuable discoveries in the
Animal Kingdom--Manufacture of Camel-hair Cord--Frequent
visits to Tchogortan--Classification of Argols--Brigand
Anecdote--Elevation of the Pyramid of Peace--The Faculty
of Medicine at Tchogortan--Thibetian Physicians--Departure
for the Blue Sea
CHAPTER IV.
Aspect of the Koukou-Noor--Tribes of Kolos--Chronicle of 98
the Origin of the Blue Sea--Description and March of the
Great Caravan--Passage of the Pouhain-Gol--Adventures of
the Altere-Lama--Character of our pro-cameleer--Mongols of
Tsaidam--Pestilential Vapours of the Bourhan-Bota--Ascent
of the Chuga and Bayen-Kharat Mountains--Wild Cattle--Wild
Mules--Men and Animals Killed with the Cold--Encounter
with Brigands--Plateau of Tant-La--Hot
Springs--Conflagration in the Desert--Village of
Na-Ptchu--Sale of Camels, and Hiring of Long-tailed
Oxen--Young Chaberon