He advised us by all means to visit the sacred Monastery of Narabanchi, the last Lamaite monastery on the road from Mongolia to Tibet.

He told us that the Holy Hutuktu, "the Incarnate Buddha," would be greatly offended if we did not visit the monastery and his famous "Shrine of Blessings," where all travelers going to Tibet always offered prayers.

Our Kalmuck Lamaite supported the Mongol in this.

I decided to go there with the Kalmuck.

The Tartars gave me some big silk hatyk as presents and loaned us four splendid horses.