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Transcription
The lamas all wore long
red robes, the large yellow
robes. The faces were often
distinctly Chinese with narrow
eyes + not the heavy features
of the Tibetan. The characters
on the temples were Chinese,
not Tibetan. There are 100
monks here supported by the gark,
but under the Republic this support
is decreasing. I had
some difficulty in getting
the guide Pei to show me
to the feet of a bound footed
woman. The only ones which
will permit their feet to be seen are
prostitutes. The ones we saw were
two simple squeezed vespasians +
a small with the large toe and
a sharp point, for in
advance the others. While
the toes had not been bent down
& turned under as I had been
led to believe.