October 24, 1917 The morning dawned in a drizzle of rain which continued until noon. In the afternoon, I went out with our guide Pei who took me to the Lhasa Tibetan Temple. At 4:30pm, there occurred a service, the _______ with their _______ or _______ chanting hymns. Some of the monks had very deep voices... In the chief temple were about 20 monks and 30 younger boys chanting..... 2 blowing long bronze horns of immense (10 feet) length resting on saw-horses.... Some 4 small boys were beating large drums and the old monks were singing and clapping cymbals. The din was terrific from the savage battery and the result discordant. One of the temples nearby is famous for a giant standing Buddha 80 feet high. On his feet a lama offers you a lighted taper with which to light a candle sacred to Buddha and which will give you good fortune. In another temple, I was shown a series of obscene Buddhas standing over prostrate women which are in the act of copulating with various animals, such as bears, pigs, dogs etc. These figures are kept robed in silk garments which are removed for men only. On one of the wide streets of Peking, a fair was in progress. Here I saw several falcons with hooded goshawks on their wrists. These birds are used here for catching hares and game birds for the market, - the price of ammunition to secured game being much greater than the marked price of the game so that hawking is the method which alone can be successfully employed today.