| Show MONGOLS MO OF KOKO KO KO NOR brigandage I 1 Is s the general profession of ambitious Ambi tlona youna men our road first lay through the district inhabited by the agricultural tribes on the frontier then we entered the country occupied by the mongols of the koko ko ko nor says a writer in the national review the pasture there was the richest I 1 have ever seen in any part of thabet but an idyllic pastoral life is by no means practiced by the inhabitants bri brigandage gan dage is ia the general profession the young men spend their time either in making raids on travelers and on encampments encamp ments of their tribes by which means they mostly V acquire their cherished horses or in practicing the art of warfare I 1 witnessed a military tournament at which ich some riders rider sat at fun full gallop fired one after another at a small these mongols are tall and fierce looking in g though they proved amiable when friendly the men shave their heads both men and women dress dresa in a gown of sheepskin girded round the wa waist high boots of felt and skin bound below the knee with a leathern strap or cotton garter and long white felt coats which they wear over the sheepskin when it rains their summer hat is of white felt in shape something like the top hat wo worn by the old welch market women the cap they wear in winter is of white astrakhan shaped like a sugar loaf with a red and green cotton brim the women dress their hair in little plaits plait smore more than a hundred caught t together atthe ends enas with a wide band of colored cloth which is embroidered with gay silks auks and gold thead thre ad and studded with coral and turquoise silver coins and brass buttons which they get from leassa the tents are round d the inner sides of trellis work Q the top of wooden ril ribs giving an umbrella shape and the whole covered with white felt with an aperture for a email door of wood and d a hole in the root roof to let out the smoke r e I 1 I 1 |
