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the temples and shrines. Ugyen estimated the value of the headdress of one lady he saw at 40,000 rupees. In the evening every one went and touched with his or her head the picture of Chyamba, and thus received his blessing.^[1]

During my stay at Gyatsoshar I occupied the little pavilion
A LITTLE GIRL, DAUGHTER OF A TIBETAN NOBLEMAN

belonging to the minister, which I have described previously.^[2] The

1. Chinese authors make mention of a similar festival, held at Lhasa yearly, beginning on the latter part of the second moon (middle March), and lasting for a month. Another of like description is held in the sixth moon. See Jour. Roy. Asiat. Soc., xxiii. pp. 212, 213.
2. See supra, p.70.