We were certainly always under the impression that the red
humans of Tibet wore red robes and the yellow lamas yellow, but Dr. Frank's interesting and learned Antiquities of Indian Tibet, Part II. (Archaeological Survey of India, 45s.), dispels this notion, for the author tells us that both sects wear red. Very little is known about the history of Tibet. and Dr. Frank, who was a Moravian missionary at Leh for many years, is one of the greatest living authorities on the subject. The book is highly technical and full of tungue-twisting names such as Rnam-rgyal-rtsc-mo and 1/kIn-mehog-brtsegs-pa, but there are some interesting !wraps amidst all this folk lore and obscure genealogy: As, for instance, that the Tibetans name their swords and jewels : Wild-yak-long-point and Licking-blood-off-sky arc even more picturesque than our Excalilmr.
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