declared ittitsfovour, and adopted for himself the chstinetiöri of ihe
yellow hat. This completely turned the balance towards the sectaries
of jXylfookpa, while those of the Shammar, im longer capable of main»
taining their ground, were under the necessity of retiring- who« they
might be permitted to enjoy a peaceful and iminterrup&ed station.
The tract of country bordering on Tibet towards the souths marked
by a line inhospitable and intemperate in the extreme, which was
passed'over by the Shammar, was found, on examination, capable
affording them a residence,1 and shaker from their Mvferfönê&; Here
then it was, that they established fhemse^^^öiBi fixed^fièiMb^le,
while others, styled Dukba, still livé In tents anfc tëhd' thfeir flocks,
rambling from place to place.
I frequently observed many of the ancient and idle inhabitants of this
place, loiter away much of their time, in basking in the sun, upon the
house tops 5 from whence I inferred, that the interests and Oöcupatiöri§
of domestic life were extremely limited. My friend Gdurooba, wbo was
a humane, intelligent, good creature as could exist, used to pass
hours in the day, lounging upon the terrace, and having stripped his
shoulders of the thick mande that he wore, turned his back to the
sun's rays, as if he derived from it, the most friendly arid genial
influence. His lips, I could frequently perceive, moved with great
rapidity f but for what purpose I cannot pronounce: I gave him credit,
however, for his prayers. During this time, he wag for the most part
employed in rolling up between his fingers little pellets of dough,
which he chucked to ravens perched Upon the walls; arid so familiar
were these birds, that they came near enough to catch them before
to, indeed sttsb, art apparent
intimacy with,pian,/that th§y,would.^^etiraes>takQ theseipeilet^ even
from his hand; wldift and* eagles keptsatt a:loftier diht?p?®rand
soared-,hhftyes watihtng: whore. ;tbey ;should! descend next,- and share
with* dojps and ra in s’i® the funeral' obsequies* • >
The trihule of respect: is paid,, in this* segiSM; tO'die manes df the
dead, in various ways..' ThetaGeveneign. baraas-ara' tfeposifed? entire1, in
shrines prepared dvqr .aftosare''looked ripoii
as gaerigdv and visitfid wish religious awe. The bodies of inferior
T-,arwrjs and their as&spsnescrobd with gfeay bareiin
lhdfl jnefcailfe idolsi. which haye plaegs asmgnedfctfce«» iriiittkh sacred
cabinets* shhjeots are treatedrwsA less, gefemoriy ; some of
them are carried, to lofty emintmees,where, after having, beendisjointpd,
and the limbs divided; they femmlhaas| kites-; and other
farpiyqriQtts; bisds»: •O.thers^ witfe l^tlrespeE thia^ htmmmitmcfiifqg.Ihe
i^uaf receptacle the. dead; The. lash-hut Less frequent, mode of
disposing of tho.deadv is eommittraag themhte the watemkofetKe-ri'vew
Rwifd, tlntjt is% inhumirig the eoarpsd entire' Sk the earth^-is; altogether
uppraGtisei,
On.one side; of the. monastery of TeshMiOioDiiffibaft It saw the;place,
the Golgotha, if f may so’ calf, it, to which; they' convey their dead;
It was a spacious area, enclosed; on one pant byithe- perpendicufai-
rock, and on the others! hy lefiycwailh^ raised" .pttiiaMy with»’& view
to seclude from, public dbsprvation|j did diOgystin^sOB^rits-’ridMairifed
within them» At-the top tfr was- totally' uncovered;: smass to, hej perfectly
open to the birds; and at the bottom a narrow passage waa left