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met The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ He decided to visit all the convents of Thibet, hoping to gather more ample information concerning the prophet Issa, and perhaps find copies of the documents in question.
Our traveller continued his journey; crossing the pass of Namikula, 13,000 feet high. He arrived at the village of Lamicroo where he put up at an inn just under the windows of a convent, where he was immediately visited by several monks who plied him with many questions as to the route he came by, the object of his journey, etc., etc.
Lamieroo, as the name would imply, was the headquarters for the Lamas and their religion for many years. Upon the extreme top ledge of a precipice of concrete stone stands the old monastery, curious enough in its construction of stone, overlooking the village some hundred feet below, the houses being perched on pinnacles of rock and scattered about here and there. The illustration (p. 105) represents a cluster of monument-like buildings which line the path and are dotted about in groups of from three to twelve or fourteen together. They stand about seven feet high and are, as the inhabitants of the village claim, erected over the defunct Lamas and other saints of the Buddhist religion, after which they become sacred in the eyes of the faithful, who refer to them with bowings and scrapings and “Om mani padme hums” innumerable.*
After some conversation, the monks invited M. Notovitch to visit the convent, which invitation he at once accepted and followed them up the steep passages cut in the solid rock, which was thickly studded with prayer-wheels that are set twirling by the slightest touch, which is unavoidable in ascending the narrow passage.
He was conducted to a room, the walls of which were adorned with books, prayer-wheels and numerous statues of Buddha. He inquired about the manuscript relating to Issa, of * “The Diary of a Pedestrian."
