Monthly Archives: October 2007

And Mr

And Mr. Jaeschke writes from Lahaul: ‘There are many different ways of divination practised among the Buddhists; and that also mentioned by Marco Polo is known to our Lama, but in a slightly different way, making use of _two arrows_ … Continue reading

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NOTE 8

NOTE 8.–Nevertheless Froissart brings the Khalif to life again one hundred and twenty years later, as ‘_Le Galifre de Baudas_.’ (Bk. III. ch. xxiv.) beeswax candles aromatherapy elastic foam mattress memory toper visco black men magazine model search contra costa … Continue reading

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[CONCERNING THE ASTROLOGERS IN THE CITY OF CAMBALUC

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The name Formosa is probably only Rusticiano”s misunderstanding of

_Harmuza_, aided, perhaps, by Polo”s picture of the beauty of the plain The name Formosa is probably only Rusticiano”s misunderstanding of _Harmuza_, aided, perhaps, by Polo”s picture of the beauty of the plain. We have the same change in the … Continue reading

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‘The sacred sites of Buddhist Khotan which Hiuen Tsang and Fa-hian

describe, can be shown to be occupied now, almost without exception, by Mohamedan shrines forming the object of popular pilgrimages ‘The sacred sites of Buddhist Khotan which Hiuen Tsang and Fa-hian describe, can be shown to be occupied now, almost … Continue reading

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[Illustration: Map to illustrate the Geographical Position of the CITY of

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I may notice that the structure of the name Ergui-ul or Ergiu-ul, has a

look of analogy to that of _Tang-keu-ul_, named in the next note I may notice that the structure of the name Ergui-ul or Ergiu-ul, has a look of analogy to that of _Tang-keu-ul_, named in the next note. channel 13 … Continue reading

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There is an indication in Koeppen”s references that the followers of the

_Bon_ doctrine are sometimes called in Tibet _Nag-choi_, or ‘Black Sect,’ as the old and the reformed Lamas are called respectively the ‘Red’ and the ‘Yellow There is an indication in Koeppen”s references that the followers of the _Bon_ doctrine … Continue reading

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Starting again from Erguiul you ride eastward for eight days, and then

come to a province called EGRIGAIA, containing numerous cities and villages, and belonging to Tangut Starting again from Erguiul you ride eastward for eight days, and then come to a province called EGRIGAIA, containing numerous cities and villages, and belonging … Continue reading

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[3] Verbiest himself speaks of the displaced instruments thus

[3] Verbiest himself speaks of the displaced instruments thus … ‘ut nova instrumenta astronomica facienda mihi imponeret, quae scilicet more Europaeo affabre facta, et in specula Astroptica Pekinensi collocata, aeternam Imperii Tartarici memoriam apud posteritatem servarent, _prioribus instrumentis Sinicis rudioris … Continue reading

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