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wert een. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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FROM THE ALPS TO THE ANDES 
round to see other rooms in the monastery, and 
the temples. The latter were five in number, 
of a fair size, with fine paintings: there were 
no artistic ornaments, but statues of Buddha 
abounded everywhere. There were also great 
ases full of butter, with a wick burning in 
  
  
  
  
  
SKARDO. 
each. We were forbidden to enter certain 
places, such being, no doubt, sanctuaries 
reserved for their religious rites. The monks 
are all habited in red and wear nothing on 
their closely-shorn heads. Others, however, 
let their hair grow long and wear it done into