Gombojab Tsybikov and Ovshe Norzunov

“ The orchards and trees in the outskirts of the city give the place a very beautiful appearance, especially in spring and summer, when the gilt roofs of the two principal temples glisten in the sun and the white walls of the many stoned buildings shine among the green tops of the trees ”

“ The unequal distribution of wealth and the subservience of poverty to wealth are conspicuous throughout Tibet. There is such little commerce that labor is very cheap, the most expert weaver of native cloth receiving about 8 cents and board per day, while an unskilled woman or man laborer earns only 2 or 3 cents. The highest salary is paid to the Lamas, the prayer readers, who receive 10 cents a day for incessant reading. A house servant almost never receives pay beyond food and meager clothes
A Street Scene in Lhasa
The houses are of stone or unburnt brick, cemented with clay. ”

“ Agriculture is the chief occupation of the settled population. Barley is the standard crop, from which the popular and harmless barley-wine is made; then comes wheat, for wheat flour; beans for oil, and peas, used by the poorer class in form of flour, or crushed for horses, mules, and asses. ”