The earliest historical relic of the Tibetans—like that of many, perhaps of most, other races—is a weather-beaten stone, the Do-ring. It stands in the center of Lhasa, across the courtyard in front of the western doors of the Cathedral or Jokang, beneath the famous willow-tree.

Love-quarrels oft in pleaſing concord end, / Not wedlock-treachery endangering life.

Certain covenants run with the land.

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