Journals of expeditions to Mongolia from 1919 to 1930
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all large places from Ummr. The thing being very interesting because the houses roof of all the houses are deliberately decorated with carvings along the ridges & at the corners, like temples- There are fine iron work pies & lions, mostly being probably six feet of all the temples. Alto! there are not quite as many temples as usual they are in bad con- dition, nevertheless they were by no means all destroyed by the Mohammedans as we had been told. We were warned by the soldiers that some of King Clive's bengalis were stationed on the road four temple turned south in a small arde towards the river. We have been travelling all day in small raids most by country & got very example not a fine little temple with on right of the river. No shooting except Jagernut hares - nothing of much interest to record.