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Show The St. Peter's of Asia. "W Tho most Imposing and awe Inspiring Inspir-ing cdiflco in Lbassn Is tho great palace pal-ace and abode of tho Dalai Lama. This is a veritable ncropolis, rising four hundred feet nbovo tho roof tops. This palatial monument to Buddhism ', Is composed of a scries of square ' structures and temples, grouped ono nbovo tho other. A central building 5 of red sandstono, thirteen stories In holght, is tho nfllclnl residence of tho , Incarnnto boy ruler of Tibet, said to ( bo about twenty years old. This is ; Btyled tho St. Peter's of ABla, surpass- j lng even tho Vatican In spaciousness, containing moro than three thousand rooms, lnnumerablo temples with domes of gold. Tho other edifices contain con-tain tho quarters of tho high dig- nltnrles, officials, priests and rollglous . pcrsonngas. During the great colobra- tlons and fetes twonty-flvo thousand can bo accommodated within tho in-closuro. in-closuro. ' |